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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).

Shanghai
Unincorporated community
Shanghai, WV at the main intersection
Shanghai Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Shanghai Shanghai (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 39°26′29″N 78°7′56″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Berkeley
Area
• Total	204 sq mi (528 km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1546614[1]

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

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shanghai, West Virginia
"39°20'24.5"N 78°03'44.7"W".
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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Martinsburg
City	Martinsburg	Map of West Virginia highlighting Berkeley County
Town	Hedgesville
CDPs	Falling Waters Inwood
Unincorporated communities	Allensville Arden Baker Heights Baxter Bedington Berkeley Bessemer Blairton Bunker Hill Darkesville Douglas Grove Files Crossroad Ganotown Georgetown Gerrardstown Glengary Goose Nest Greensburg Grubbs Corner Hainesville Johnsontown Jones Springs Little Georgetown Marlowe Nipetown Nollville North Mountain Pikeside Ridgeway Scrabble Shanghai Spring Mills Swan Pond Tabb Tablers Station Tarico Heights Tomahawk Union Corner Van Clevesville Vanville Winebrenners Crossroad Wynkoop Spring
Ghost town	Foltz
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