Green Spring, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Green Spring, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Green Spring, West Virginia
Location of Green Spring in West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°31′54″N 78°36′59″W / 39.53167°N 78.61639°W / 39.53167; -78.61639
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyHampshire
Area
[1]
 • Total2.198 sq mi (5.69 km2)
 • Land2.197 sq mi (5.69 km2)
 • Water0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2)
Elevation
[2]
554 ft (169 m)
Population
 (2010)[3]
 • Total218
 • Density99/sq mi (38/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26722
Area code304
GNIS feature ID1539686[2]

Green Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) and railroad town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 218.[3] Green Spring is located north of Springfield on Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) near the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac River. Green Spring is also the location of the South Branch Valley Railroad's terminus with the old Baltimore & Ohio Railroad mainline. Green Spring is the site of a one-lane low-water toll bridge that connects Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) to Maryland Route 51 in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland. This bridge is one of only 17 privately owned toll bridges in the United States. The toll for the bridge is currently US$1.50.[4]

History

The town of Green Spring came into importance in 1819 when the Virginia General Assembly provided for a "public warehouse for the receipt of tobacco be established at Romney warehouse and at Cresap's warehouse at the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac in Hampshire County."

John Jeremiah Jacob (1829-1893) was born in Green Spring December 9, 1829. Jacob was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Hampshire County in 1869 and Governor of West Virginia from 1871 to 1877. Jacob died in Wheeling on November 24, 1893, and is interred at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney.

The Green Spring Train Station (1882-1885) remains one of the town's most important historic sites.

Parks and recreation

  • Green Spring Recreational Park, Green Spring Road (CR 1)

'"House of the Setting Sun and Haunted Barn"' , 1313 Screamin' Hollow Lane, Buck Way

Churches

  • Green Spring Assembly of God, Norton Street
  • Otterbein United Methodist Church, Norton Street

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Spring, West Virginia. Retrieved on October 30, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Oldtown Low-water Toll Bridge". Bridgemeister.

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