Augusta
Augusta is an unincorporated community in central Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along the Northwestern Turnpike at the northern terminus of Augusta-Ford Hill Road between Shanks and Pleasant Dale, east of Romney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 5,730 residents
- Description: human settlement in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Augusta, West Virginia”, “Augusta, WV”, and “Barrettsville”
- Postal code: 26704
Places of Interest
Highlights include French’s Mill.
French’s Mill
Industrial building
Photo: Justin.A.Wilcox, CC BY-SA 4.0.
French's Mill is a historic grist mill at the junction of Augusta-Ford Hill and Fairground Roads in Augusta, West Virginia. Its main building is a three-story wood-frame building with a metal roof, asphalt siding, and a concrete foundation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frenchburg and Pleasantdale.
Frenchburg
Hamlet
Frenchburg is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Frenchburg is located along the Northwestern Turnpike where the Little Cacapon River is formed by the confluence of the North and South forks of the Little Cacapon east of Shanks. Frenchburg is situated 2 miles northwest of Augusta.
Pleasantdale
Hamlet
Pleasant Dale or Pleasantdale is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located between Capon Bridge and Augusta on the Northwestern Turnpike. Pleasantdale is situated 2½ miles east of Augusta.
Shanks
Hamlet
Photo: Justin.A.Wilcox, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shanks is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Shanks community has a population of 806. Shanks is situated 3 miles northwest of Augusta.
Augusta
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.29538° or 39° 17′ 43″ northLongitude
-78.63779° or 78° 38′ 16″ westPopulation
5,730Elevation
1,299 feet (396 metres)Open location code
87F379W6+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 158370147OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4797575Wikidata ID
Q653523
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Volapük—“Augusta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Augusta”
- Dutch: “Augusta, West Virginia”
- French: “Augusta”
- Irish: “Augusta”
- Ladin: “Augusta”
- Latin: “Augusta”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Augushām on Westfǣmlande”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Augushām”
- Persian: “آگوستا، وست ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “آگوستا”
- Russian: “Огаста”
- South Azerbaijani: “آقوستا، وست ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Augusta”
- Urdu: “آگسٹا، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “آگسٹا”
- Volapük: “Augusta”
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