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QUEEN STREET, MARTINSBURG, W. VA. This view of Martinsburg's main business artery looks north
and was taken a little north of the public square.
George III, King of England at the time Martinsburg was laid out in 1773. At the public square Queen
Street intersects King Street. The town as originally surveyed comprised 130 acres, divided into 279 lots.
This land was owned by General Adam Stephen, founder of the town. When the Revolution began in 1775
Martinsburg had but 150 inhabitants, one per cent of the present population of approximately 15,000.
The street was named for Queen Charlotte, wife of
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