Old English / Episcopal Cemetery

Historical marker location:

104 N Church St, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

( Marker is on North Church Street (County Road 480/1) just north of Old Queen Alley, on the right when traveling north.)

West Virginia is the only state in the United States to be created as a result of the Civil War. In 1861, Virginia seceded from the Union, but many residents in the western part of the state opposed secession and eventually formed their own state, which was admitted to the Union in 1863.