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Shanghai, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

39°26′29″N 78°07′56″W / 39.44139°N 78.13222°W / 39.44139; -78.13222CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty BerkeleyArea

• Total204 sq mi (528 km²)Elevation

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528 ft (161 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID1546614^[1]

Shanghai is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia, 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^[2] (Tuscarora Pike).

The community was named after a local lumber company, the Shanghai Manufacturing Association.^[3] The Baldwin-Grantham House in Shanghai is a historic home listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shanghai, West Virginia
^ Google Maps https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=39.3401407+N,+78.0624290+W&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=%2B39%C2%B0+20%27+25.42%22,+-78%C2%B0+3%27+44.52%22&gl=us&ei=f3WYTbfcLumN0QGavZT1Cw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ8gEwAA Google Maps. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 567.