What is Martinsburg, West Virginia?
'''Martinsburg''' is a city in [[West Virginia]]. It is the county seat of [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley County]] and with a 2020 population of 18,777, it is the seventh largest city in West Virginia as ranked by population. ==History== Martinsburg was founded in 1778, by General Adam Stephen and named in honor of Colonel Thomas Bryan Martin. It was incorporated by the West Virginia legislature on March 30, 1868. ==Commerce== Major employers in [[Martinsburg, Missouri|Martinsburg]] include Quad/Graphics, Ecolab, Orgill, Sino-Swearingin, FedEx, and Quebecor World. Government employers include the Internal Revenue Service, the 167th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard, and the BATF. The now defunct Norwalk car company was located in Martinsburg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Norwalk: Martinsburg's Motor Car<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer03/norwalk.html |access-date=2009-02-25 |archive-date=2009-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220104848/http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer03/norwalk.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Notable Natives and Residents== *[[Newton D. Baker]], Secretary of War *[[Belle Boyd]], Confederate Spy *[[Vicky Bullett]], Olympic gold medalist in women's basketball *[[Harry F. Byrd]], United States Senator and Governor of Virginia *[[Robert Lee Castleman]],Grammy-winning singer/songwriter *[[Charles James Faulkner]], United States Representative from Virginia *[[Shannon Larkin]], drummer for [[Godsmack]] *[[Walter Dean Myers]], author *[[John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch]], colonel in the Confederate States Army *[[Cecil B. Perkins]], former pitcher for the [[New York Yankees]] *[[Absalom Willis Robertson]], United States Senator from Virginia *[[David Hunter Strother]] aka [[Porte Crayon]], artist *[[Hack Wilson]], Hall of Fame baseball player *[[Fulton Walker]], former football player for the [[Miami Dolphins]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{West Virginia}} [[Category:Cities in West Virginia]] [[Category:County seats