Romney Wedding

Romney is a city in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city and its environs population was 5,873 [1], 1,940 of which live within the city limits. It is the county seat of Hampshire CountyGR6. Originally settled in 1725 by hunters and traders, Romney was known as Pearsall's Flats and was the site of the French and Indian War stockade Fort Pearsall. Romney holds the title of West Virginia's oldest town, chartered December 23, 1762. Named for the Cinque Ports city of Romney, Kent, England by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the town still bears placenames and symbols from its colonial past such as its Marsham Street, named for Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney. It is also home to the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind and the nation's First Confederate Memorial in Indian Mound Cemetery.

Romney is located at 392042N, 784525W (39.344915, -78.756960)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.4 km (0.9 mi), all land.