THE BERKELEY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Shale Valleys setting.
Berkeley County has 321.1 square miles of land in West Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Berkeley County: Northern Shale Valleys, Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Berkeley County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Shale Valleys53.5%
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys35.3%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges11.2%
Finding your parcel within Berkeley County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Berkeley County, including Martinsburg, Inwood, Falling Waters. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Berkeley County by land and water
The Census records 0.41 square miles of water within Berkeley County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Berkeley County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Berkeley County has 48.4 times the land area of nearby Martinsburg city (6.63 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Jefferson County, Morgan County within West Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.