Green Spring is a

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(CDP) and

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town in Hampshire County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 218. Green Spring is located north of Springfield on Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) near the

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of the

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and

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Branches of the

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. Green Spring is also the location of the South Branch Valley Railroad's terminus with the old

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mainline. Green Spring is the site of a one-lane low-water

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that connects Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) to

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in Oldtown, Allegany County,

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. 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.

History

The town of Green Spring came into importance in 1819 when the

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provided for a "public warehouse for the receipt of

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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

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from Hampshire County in 1869 and

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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

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{{authority control Baltimore and Ohio Railroad South Branch Valley Railroad Census-designated places in Hampshire County, West Virginia Census-designated places in West Virginia Populated places on the North Branch Potomac River