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West Virginia/Frederick County

West Virginia/Frederick County is a Virginia historical marker in Frederick County, dedicated 1951.

Frederick County · dedicated 1951 · Rte. 11, at the state line

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West Virginia West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant, 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in 1863. Frederick County Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862-1864.

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