Shepherdstown, West Virginia

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municipality town

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, is a historic small town on the Potomac River known as one of the oldest towns in the state and home to Shepherd University.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Shepherdstown Historic District 1
Shepherdstown Town Council 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
adjacentTo Potomac River waterfront areas ⓘ
surface form: Potomac River bluffs
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic small population ⓘ
economy driven by education and tourism ⓘ
foundedIn 18th century ⓘ
governingBody Shepherdstown, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shepherdstown Town Council
hasAreaCode 304 ⓘ
681 ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Contemporary American Theater Festival ⓘ
Shepherdstown Street Fest ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Shepherdstown Opera House ⓘ
Shepherdstown Public Library ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Shepherd University ⓘ
hasFeature college-town atmosphere ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
small-town character ⓘ
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Shepherdstown, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shepherdstown Historic District
hasHistoricRole Civil War-era town ⓘ
hasLandmark James Rumsey Monument ⓘ
Shepherdstown Historic District ⓘ
hasNearbySite Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (across Potomac) ⓘ
surface form: C&O Canal National Historical Park
hasRecreationalActivity Potomac River boating ⓘ
hiking in nearby parks ⓘ
hasUniversity Shepherd University ⓘ
hasZIPCode 25443 ⓘ
isHomeOf Shepherd University ⓘ
knownFor being one of the oldest towns in West Virginia ⓘ
historic downtown ⓘ
proximity to Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia ⓘ
Jefferson County, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
locatedNearBorderWith Maryland ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Potomac River ⓘ
near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ
Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
partOf Appalachia ⓘ
region Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Shenandoah Valley area
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportation near U.S. Route 340 ⓘ
served by West Virginia Route 480 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jefferson County, West Virginia → contains → Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia → containsSettlement → Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ
Shepherdstown, West Virginia → governingBody → Shepherdstown, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shepherdstown Town Council
Shepherdstown, West Virginia → hasHistoricDistrict → Shepherdstown, West Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shepherdstown Historic District
Jefferson County, West Virginia → hasHistoricTown → Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ
Shepherd University → locatedIn → Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ
Sharpsburg, Maryland → locatedNear → Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ