Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown is a small historic town in the of , on the Potomac River and near both the and borders.
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  • Type: Town with 1,490 residents
  • Description: town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Macklinboro”, “Macklinborough Town”, “Maclinborough”, “Mecklenburg”, “Mecklinborg”, “New Mecklenburg”, “Pack Horse Ford”, “Pack Horse Settlement”, “Potomack”, “Potomoke”, “Potowmack”, “Shepherd Town”, “Shepherd’s Town”, “Shepherds Town”, “Shepherdstown (Virginia Occidental)”, “Shepherdstown, West Virginia”, “Shepherdstown, WV”, “Swearingen’s Ferry”, and “Swearingham’s Ferry”
  • Postal code: 25443

Places of Interest

Highlights: Van Swearingen-Shepherd House and Ram Stadium.

Historic building
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known…

Stadium
is a 5,000-seat stadium in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Park
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The comprises the historic core of Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mechlenberg Heights and Morgan Grove.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community…

Locality
Photo: Nbenadom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morgan's Grove is a rural historic district near Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Shepherdstown

Latitude
39.4301° or 39° 25′ 48″ north
Longitude
-77.8042° or 77° 48′ 15″ west
Population
1,490
Elevation
400 feet (122 metres)
Open location code
87F4C5JW+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158250839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4821983
Wiki­data ID
Q1807266
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Shepherdstown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شبردزتاون”
  • Basque: “Shepherdstown”
  • Catalan: “Shepherdstown”
  • Cebuano: “Shepherdstown”
  • Chechen: “Шепердстаун”
  • Chinese: “謝潑茲敦”
  • Chinese: “谢泼兹敦”
  • Dagbani: “Shepherdstown”
  • Dutch: “Shepherdstown”
  • Esperanto: “Shepherdstown”
  • French: “Shepherdstown”
  • German: “Shepherdstown”
  • Gilaki: “شپردز‌تاؤن (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “شپردز‌تاؤن”
  • Greek: “Σέφερντστάουν”
  • Hebrew: “ועידת שפרדסטאון”
  • Hungarian: “Shepherdstown”
  • Italian: “Shepherdstown”
  • Japanese: “シェパーズタウン”
  • Ladin: “Shepherdstown”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shepherdstown”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shepherdstown”
  • Norwegian: “Shepherdstown”
  • Persian: “شپهردستوون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شپهردستوون”
  • Persian: “شفردزتاون”
  • Polish: “Shepherdstown”
  • Portuguese: “Shepherdstown”
  • Russian: “Шепардстаун”
  • Russian: “Шепердстаун”
  • Serbian: “Шепардстаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shepherdstown, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shepherdstown”
  • Spanish: “Shepherdstown”
  • Swedish: “Shepherdstown”
  • Tatar: “Шепердстаун”
  • Ukrainian: “Шепердстаун”
  • Urdu: “شیپرڈز ٹاؤن، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Volapük: “Shepherdstown”
  • Welsh: “Shepherdstown, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Shepherdstown”

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