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Notable locations in Charles Town: Jefferson County Library (A), Jefferson County Jail (B), Jefferson County Courthouse (C), Jefferson County Museum (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Charles Town include: Saint Phillips Episcopal Church (A), Saint James Catholic Church (B), House of Prayer Church of God (C), Charles Town Baptist Church (D), Charles Town Presbyterian Church (E), Zion Episcopal Church (F), Zion Baptist Church (G), Asbury United Methodist Church (H), Wainwright Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Zion Cemetery (1), Edge Hill Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Charles Town Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce (201 Frontage Road), Jefferson County Visitors Bureau (108 South George Street), Dougherty Shirley (Tours & Charters; Harpers Ferry Campsi), Heartbeat Tours (Tours & Charters; 46 Willingham Rd.).
Hotels: Towne House Motor Lodge (642 East Washington Street), Turf Auto Sales (608 East Washington Street).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Charles Town and their reported violations in the past:
CHARLES TOWN WATER DEPT (Population served: 18450, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In DEC-2004. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-05-2005), St Public Notif requested (APR-05-2005), St Formal NOV issued (APR-05-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-19-2005)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In NOV-2004. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-05-2005), St Public Notif requested (APR-05-2005), St Formal NOV issued (APR-05-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-19-2005)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In OCT-2004. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-05-2005), St Public Notif requested (APR-05-2005), St Formal NOV issued (APR-05-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-19-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-29-2005), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-29-2005), St Public Notif received (JUL-20-2005)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In SEP-2004. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-05-2005), St Public Notif requested (APR-05-2005), St Formal NOV issued (APR-05-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-19-2005)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In APR-2004. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-05-2005), St Public Notif requested (APR-05-2005), St Formal NOV issued (APR-05-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-19-2005)
- 3 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-28-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-25-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-16-2005)
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Treatment Technique Exceeds Turb 0.3 NTU - In MAR-2005, Contaminant: IESWTR. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2005), St Public Notif requested (MAY-14-2005), St Formal NOV issued (MAY-14-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-19-2005)
- One minor monitoring violation
- 35 regular monitoring violations
- 11 other older monitoring violations
TUSCAWILLA UTILITIES INC (Population served: 1288, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-28-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-16-2005)
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-04-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-16-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-16-2006)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-16-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-16-2006)
- 2 minor monitoring violations
- 25 regular monitoring violations
- 5 other older monitoring violations
CAVE QUARTER ESTATES (Address: 1 FORT WASHINGTON CIRCLE, Population served: 58, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-28-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-28-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-16-2005)
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-04-2005 and MAR-05-2005, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-05-2005)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-16-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-16-2006)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One minor monitoring violation
- 118 regular monitoring violations
- 16 other older monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  15.8% | | Whole state: |  17.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 5.0% | | Whole state: | 7.6% |
Charles Town compared to West Virginia state average:
- Median house value above state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Charles Town (2007 data):
- United Bank: Charles Town Main Branch at 106 West Washington Street, branch established on 1906-05-08; Tuscawilla Branch at 1504 Tuscawilla Hills, branch established on 2002-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $3,808.1 mil, Deposits: $2,683.3 mil, headquarters in Parkersburg, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 54 total offices, Holding Company: United Bankshares, Inc.
- City National Bank of West Virginia: Charles Town Branch at 1100 South George Street, branch established on 1989-06-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,502.9 mil, Deposits: $2,028.2 mil, headquarters in Charleston, WV, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 70 total offices, Holding Company: City Holding Company
- Bank of Charles Town: Bank Of Charles Town at 111 East Washington Street, branch established on 1870-02-20. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $292.3 mil, Deposits: $251.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Potomac Bancshares, Inc.
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Charles Town Branch at 29 Keyes Ferry Road, branch established on 1989-04-10. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $117,134.1 mil, Deposits: $83,585.1 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1480 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- MVB Bank, Inc: Somerset Branch at 88 Somerset Boulevard, branch established on 2002-07-29. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $191.2 mil, Deposits: $134.7 mil, headquarters in Fairmont, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Mvb Financial Corp.
- Jefferson Security Bank: Charles Town Branch at Route 340 And Jefferson Avenue, branch established on 1986-07-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $239.1 mil, Deposits: $217.9 mil, headquarters in Shepherdstown, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices
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Charles Town government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $397,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $864,000
All Other: $246,000
- Construction - Sewerage: $822,000
General: $380,000
Water Utilities: $304,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $890,000
Water Utilities: $832,000
Sewerage: $530,000
Financial Administration: $461,000
Regular Highways: $261,000
Parks & Recreation: $67,000
General - Other: $19,000
Health Services - Other: $7,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $371,000
Benefit Payments: $37,000
Interest Revenue: $22,000
From Other Government: $8,000
From Local Government: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $18,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $696,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $8,620,000
Industrial Revenue: $7,603,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $5,629,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $8,328,000
Industrial Revenue: $6,844,000
Other, NEC: $5,471,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $759,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $292,000
Other, NEC: $158,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $839,000
Interest Earnings: $586,000
Special Assessments: $100,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $987,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,665,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $8,477,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $126,000
General Support: $6,000
- Tax - NEC: $347,000
Property: $339,000
Public Utilities: $151,000
Other Selective Sales: $57,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,116,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $456,000
9.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,363 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.80% | | West Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,664 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.19% | | West Virginia average: | 5.65% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($322 average AGI)| Jefferson County: | 0.05% | | West Virginia average: | 0.02% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Charles Town:
- WMRE (1550 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTOWN, WV; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WTRI (1520 AM; daytime; 17 kW; BRUNSWICK, MD; Owner: JMK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKCW (1420 AM; 50 kW; WARRENTON, VA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMET (1150 AM; 50 kW; GAITHERSBURG, MD; Owner: BELTWAY ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
- WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
- WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WAGE (1200 AM; 5 kW; LEESBURG, VA; Owner: RADIO WAGE, INC.)
- WTOP (1500 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
- WGOP (700 AM; daytime; 25 kW; WALKERSVILLE, MD; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WXTR (820 AM; 4 kW; FREDERICK, MD; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- WFMD (930 AM; 5 kW; FREDERICK, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWGB (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; INDIAN HEAD, MD; Owner: GOOD BODY MEDIA, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Charles Town:
- WXVA-FM (98.3 FM; CHARLES TOWN, WV; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- W228BA (93.5 FM; LEESBURG, VA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WLTF (97.5 FM; MARTINSBURG, WV; Owner: PRETTYMAN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WINC-FM (92.5 FM; WINCHESTER, VA; Owner: MID ATLANTIC NETWORK, INC.)
- WARX (106.9 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: MANNING BROADCASTING INC.)
- WFRE (99.9 FM; FREDERICK, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W219BX (91.7 FM; FREDERICK, MD; Owner: CEDAR RIDGE CHILDREN'S HOME & SCHOOL, INC)
- WAYZ-FM (104.7 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: HJV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCRH (90.5 FM; WILLIAMSPORT, MD; Owner: CEDAR RIDGE CHILDREN'S HOME & SCHOOL, INC)
- WETH (89.1 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSN.)
- WWVZ (103.9 FM; BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, MD; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- WTRM (91.3 FM; WINCHESTER, VA; Owner: TIMBER RIDGE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WEEO-FM (103.7 FM; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
- WWRE (105.5 FM; BERRYVILLE, VA; Owner: MID ATLANTIC NETWORK, INC.)
- W243AF (96.5 FM; FLINT HILL, VA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WPER (89.9 FM; CULPEPER, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO INC.)
- WAFY (103.1 FM; MIDDLETOWN, MD; Owner: FREDERICK BROADCASTING LLC)
- WUSQ-FM (102.5 FM; WINCHESTER, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKMZ (95.9 FM; WILLIAMSPORT, MD; Owner: PRETTYMAN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Charles Town:
- WHAG-TV (Channel 25; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: QUORUM OF MARYLAND LICENSE, LLC)
- WWPB (Channel 31; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION)
- W42CK (Channel 42; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING)
- WWPX (Channel 60; MARTINSBURG, WV; Owner: PAXSON WASHINGTON-60 LICENSE, INC.)
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