Donaldson is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Hampshire County in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
. It is located in Green Spring Valley on
Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) between
Green Spring and
Springfield. Donaldson was once a thriving
railroad
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community along the
South Branch Valley Railroad
The South Branch Valley Railroad is a railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River, runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring, where it connects to the national rail net ...
with its own
school
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and post office
in operation.
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Unincorporated communities in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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