Junction, West Virginia
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Junction is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Hampshire County in the
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of
West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
. Historically referred to as Moorefield Junction, Junction received its name because of its location at the crossroads of U.S. Route 220/ West Virginia Route 28 and the Northwestern Turnpike (
U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...
). The community is located along Mill Creek.


Historic sites

* Sloan–Parker House (1790), Northwestern Turnpike ( US 50) *Trinity Church, Trinity Road (CR 220/11)


References

Unincorporated communities in Hampshire County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Northwestern Turnpike {{HampshireCountyWV-geo-stub