Valley View Island
Valley View Island is an island bar on the South Branch Potomac River near Romney in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The island is formed at the confluence of the South Branch Potomac River with Sulphur Spring Run at the foot of Romney's Yellow Banks and takes its name from nearby Valley View Farm, an 1855 Antebellum plantation house.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Indian Mound Cemetery and Valley View.
Indian Mound Cemetery
Cemetery
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Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. Indian Mound Cemetery is situated 2,200 feet south of Valley View Island.
Valley View
Historic house
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Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia, United States. Valley View is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Valley View Island.
Literary Hall
Museum
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street. Literary Hall is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Valley View Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valley and Romney.
Valley
Hamlet
Valley was a populated place and post office on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Valley Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of Romney.
Romney
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Romney is a town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.
Vanderlip
Hamlet
Vanderlip is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vanderlip is located west of Romney along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad.
Valley View Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Potomac River in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.34902° or 39° 20′ 57″ northLongitude
-78.76537° or 78° 45′ 55″ westOpen location code
87F386XM+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 893421254OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q7912280
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Dutch—“Valley View Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة فاليو فيو”
- Dutch: “Valley View Island”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and Hampshire County Committee on Aging.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valley View Island”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.