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Name: Old Hampshire County Jail, Romney, West Virginia
Location Type: Other
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Coordinates: 39.341970, -78.756452
Description:
Built in the late 1700s, the old jail has a legend attached. It seems that in the late 1800s a sheriff was shot to death by a gang of bandits on the staircase leading between the jail and the attached brick building, which was the jailer's family home. He was shot at the top of the stairs, and,...