Campbells, West Virginia

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Coordinates: 39°37′5″N78°24′42″W / 39.61806°N 78.41167°W / 39.61806; -78.41167 Coordinates: 39°37′5″N78°24′42″W / 39.61806°N 78.41167°W / 39.61806; -78.41167
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Morgan
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
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GNIS feature ID 1549618 [1]

Campbells is an unincorporated community in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia along the old Western Maryland Railroad line on the Potomac River. Campbells is accessible by way of Doe Gulley Lane (West Virginia Secondary Route 18/2) from Doe Gully to its east. Because of its past function as a station on the railroad, Campbells is a popular railfan site. Campbells and the remaining railroad buildings there are within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Morgan County, West Virginia County in the United States

Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,541. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, prominent soldier of the American Revolutionary War.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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