Green Spring

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Green Spring

Total population

84

Median home value

$0

0%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Air quality index

35Good

Elevation253 m

Coordinates39.52°, -78.64°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Green Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) and railroad town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 250. Green Spring is located north of Springfield on Green Spring Road near the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac River. Green Spring is also the location of the South Branch Valley Railroad's terminus with the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline. Green Spring is the site of a one-lane low-water toll bridge that connects Green Spring Road to Maryland Route 51 in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland. This bridge is one of only 17 privately owned toll bridges in the United States. The toll for the bridge is currently US$1.50.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Marshall S. Cornwell

American newspaper publisher and editor, journalist, writer, and poet (1871-1898)

M

Michael Cresap

Continental Army officer (1742–1775)

Thomas Scott

Clerk of the Ohio State Senate and Ohio Supreme Court Judge

Howard Llewellyn Swisher

American businessperson, real estate developer, orchardist, editor, writer, and historian (1870-1945)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in West Virginia

• Springfield
  6.3 mi away
• Fort Ashby
  7.6 mi away
• Wiley Ford
  9.3 mi away
• Paw Paw
  9.6 mi away
• Carpendale
  11 mi away
• Ridgeley
  11 mi away
• Romney
  13.8 mi away · pop. 1,922
• Capon Bridge
  18.6 mi away
• Keyser
  19.3 mi away
• Great Cacapon
  19.7 mi away
• Piedmont
  22.1 mi away
• Bath (Berkeley Springs)
  22.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Green Spring

Traveltime and dispersion of a soluble dye in the South Branch Potomac River, Petersburg to Green Spring, West Virginia

Alvin R Jack · 1986

Bridge across the Potomac River between Old Town, Md., and Green Spring, W. Va

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce · 1935

West Virginia

Ann Heinrichs · 2004

Eyes glowing at the edge of the woods

Laura Long · 2017

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

Emma

Jane Austen · 1815

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

Ἰλιάς

Ὅμηρος · 1505

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