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    Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the...
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    as the First Confederate Memorial) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the...
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  • The town of Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia), traded hands between the Union Army and Confederate States Army no fewer than 10 times during the American...
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  • unincorporated community Romney, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community Romney, Texas, an unincorporated community Romney, West Virginia, (population, 1,940)...
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    in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,093. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town (1762). The...
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    and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia. The house is atop a promontory where Depot Valley joins the South...
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    Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located along Cumberland Road (West Virginia Route 28) and the South Branch...
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    Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in the state of West Virginia by a landslide 26...
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  • William C. Clayton (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    of the Romney Classical Institute in Romney in 1853 and 1866. Clayton was born in 1831 in Hampshire County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia). He received...
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  • Sam Pancake (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    Wings in 1990 and Pizza Man in 1991. Sam Pancake was raised in Romney, West Virginia, with siblings Chet Pancake, an American filmmaker, and Ann Pancake...
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    along with Romney; they are the oldest towns in West Virginia. Established on December 23, 1762, by consecutive acts passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses...
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    in Romney, West Virginia. Established as the Polemic Society of Romney, it became the first organization of its kind in the present-day state of West Virginia...
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    Rebecca Romney (died 1644) was a London based investor. She was a daughter of Robert Taylor, a London merchant, and Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Hatton...
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    leader for the Democratic Party members of the West Virginia Senate. White was born in Romney, West Virginia, in 1876 to Hampshire County Clerk of Court...
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    John J. Cornwell (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    politician from Romney in Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Cornwell served as the 15th Governor of West Virginia, from 1917-1921...
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    Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is centered on a Hopewellian mound, known as the Romney Indian Mound. Indian Mound...
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    Literary Hall (category Buildings and structures in Romney, West Virginia)
    located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street (West Virginia Route 28) and West Main...
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    served three terms as mayor of Romney, West Virginia. Flournoy unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the West Virginia Democratic Party gubernatorial...
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  • Mary Ann Shaffer (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    13, 1934, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She had an older sister, Cynthia. They were raised in nearby Romney, West Virginia, but moved back to Martinsburg...
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    Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind are located on a campus in Romney in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Locally, the schools are referred to simply...
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    the Little Cacapon River at Frenchburg, West Virginia South Branch Potomac River via Romney Bridge at Romney Patterson Creek via Patterson Creek Bridge...
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    Mitt Romney of Utah), four Democrats (Ben Cardin of Maryland, Tom Carper of Delaware, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Joe Manchin of West Virginia), and...
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  • Isaac Parsons (Confederate military officer) (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    ; Kerns, Wilmer L., eds. (2004). Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1754–2004. Romney, West Virginia: The Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee....
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    Randall Terry (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    prior to Jamiel's death. In 2012, Terry moved his growing family to Romney, West Virginia, to focus on his campaign. Accessory To Murder: The Enemies, Allies...
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  • James Dillon Armstrong (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    was born in 1821 in Frankfort, Virginia, and was the son of politician William Armstrong. He began practicing law in Romney in 1844 and was elected as Hampshire...
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    in Green Spring, Virginia on the Potomac River, north of Romney. Jacob's Hampshire County roots made him the first of West Virginia's governors to be born...
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  • Romney Classical Institute was a 19th-century coeducational collegiate preparatory school in Romney, Virginia (present-day West Virginia), between 1846...
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    Hickory Grove is a historic home located near Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia. It was built in 1849, and is a three-story, red brick dwelling...
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    James Sloan Kuykendall (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    establishing a law practice in Romney, West Virginia. He was elected to represent Hampshire County in the West Virginia House of Delegates for one term...
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    Angus William McDonald (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    ; Kerns, Wilmer L., eds. (2004). Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1754–2004. Romney, West Virginia: The Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee....
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