Shanghai is an

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in Berkeley County,

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, United States. The town is nestled in Back Creek Valley between Leading Ridge and North Mountain. Shanghai lies at the junction of West Virginia Secondary Route 7 (Back Creek Valley Road) and Secondary Route 18 (Tuscarora Pike). The community was named after a local lumber company, the Shanghai Manufacturing Association. The Baldwin-Grantham House in Shanghai is a historic home listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Unincorporated communities in Berkeley County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{BerkeleyCountyWV-geo-stub