West Virginia, Jefferson County
Where Shepherdstown's records are kept. Shepherdstown has its own town government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Shepherdstown's own offices, along with State of West Virginia offices; the Jefferson County offices are on our Jefferson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
From the Culture Center in Charleston, West Virginia Archives and History offers birth, death and marriage databases and genealogy guides; written research requests cost $10 in state and $20 from elsewhere.
Open official site West Virginia Archives and HistoryCounty court
Covers northern West Virginia from offices in Wheeling and Clarksburg; the court posts hearing and 341 meeting calendars, opinions and forms, and its case locator runs through PACER.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of West VirginiaCounty court
Website of West Virginia's unified court system, with court information by county, forms, e-filing, payments, court record searches and Supreme Court of Appeals and Intermediate Court of Appeals opinions and dockets.
Open official site West Virginia JudiciaryVital records
The state's official repository of birth, death, marriage and divorce records issues certified birth, death, fetal death and marriage certificates for a fee and corrects or amends records; genealogy requests are handled too.
Open official site West Virginia Health Statistics Center Vital RecordsPolice & jail
See missing person cases posted by the West Virginia State Police, with photos, case details and how to report information to investigators.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Registry released by the West Virginia State Police under the state Sex Offender Registration Act; visitors accept its terms before searching, and listings may still be under verification by registry staff.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Request a West Virginia criminal history record check through the State Police Criminal Records Section, the state's central repository for arrest records.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Criminal Records SectionFederal
Shepherdstown town, West Virginia profile on data.census.gov with the 2020 Census population of 1,531 plus five year American Community Survey data on households, education, work and income.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
Shepherdstown Town Hall at 104 North King Street posts town meetings, the monthly newsletter, parking maps, utility bill payment, a business directory and police contacts.
Open official site Town of ShepherdstownCity records
The mayor, recorder and five council members meet the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm in Town Hall, 104 North King Street; agendas, minutes and member emails are listed.
Open official site Shepherdstown Town CouncilPolice & jail
Shepherdstown Police Department at 104 North King Street gives copies of reports, takes parking and traffic citation payments, issues residential parking permits and lists the nonemergency line (304) 725-8484.
Open official site Shepherdstown Police DepartmentCity records
Dated announcements from Shepherdstown Town Hall, such as water service alerts, boil water advisories and street sweeping schedules, with older town notices kept in an archive.
Open official site Shepherdstown Town NewsEverything else, organized
9 more Shepherdstown sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Shepherdstown, a place of 1,531 people, is in Jefferson County, whose county seat is Charles Town. Court and property records sit with Jefferson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of West Virginia. Shepherdstown's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jefferson County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 9 investigations with a Shepherdstown address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $16,135 in back wages agreed for 28 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowe Voltage, LLC. | 1 | $6,643 | 5 |
| Sollar Holler LLC | 1 | $4,995 | 13 |
| Ravens Services Corporation | 1 | $2,346 | 1 |
| Two Rivers Treads, LLC. | 1 | $1,215 | 4 |
| Ritesh Shahl/Dhavel Shah | 1 | $460 | 1 |
| Raven Services Corporation | 1 | $401 | 3 |
| YYB Limited Liability Corporation | 1 | $75 | 1 |
| Shepherdstown Day Care, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Shepherdstown, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The West Virginia wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Voter registration in West Virginia is run by the West Virginia Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Shepherdstown.
Deeds for property in Shepherdstown are recorded by the Jefferson County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jefferson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in West Virginia come from the state vital records office, West Virginia Vital Registration. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.