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About Charles Town, WV:
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Welcome to Charles Town! With a rich history and culture, Charles Town offers a growing community in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The seat of Jefferson County, it’s population as of 2015 is an estimated 5,899, which represents a jump in growth since 2000. Located inside the Eastern Gateway of West Virginia, Charles Town is full of wonderful history, beautiful homes, and a high quality of life.
History
Country music stars Clint Black and Sara Evans have been added to the 2018 Summer Concert Series lineup at Tulalip Resort Casino. They will be performing at the Tulalip Amphitheatre on Thursday, August 16, 2018 as part of an already impressive lineup of artists including the likes of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Melissa Etheridge and LeAnn Rimes and Styx.
Charles Washington, George Washington’s brother, moved to the area in 1780 after inheriting land from his older half-brother, Lawrence. He petitioned for and was granted permission to incorporate the area into a town. At the time it was still in Berkeley County, but when Jefferson County was formed from Berkeley in 1801, Charles Town was named the new county’s seat. As such, Charles Washington’s will indicated that should this happen, the town lots on the town square be used for public buildings. It is a legacy seen today in Charles Town’s wonderful, historic Town Square.
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HOMES
There are beautiful homes throughout the area in a range of prices sure to fit your needs. Click below to find a selection of homes for sale now or recently sold to get a feel for what Charles Town has to offer:
SCHOOLS
Charles Town schools are part of the Jefferson County School District. There are approximately 1,250 students enrolled in the area public schools. Students attend P-2, 3-5, middle and high schools, with Jefferson High School serving the area. Find out more about the public and private schools at Great Schools, or School Digger.
DINING AND SHOPPING
Your options for delicious food abound in Charles Town. The Final Cut Steakhouse, located in the Hollywood Casino, serves American classics in a lovely atmosphere. Date night perhaps? For pizza lovers, there’s Brother’s Pizza, located just off Route 340. Their pizza and other Italian dishes are local favorites. Take a culinary journey at the Mediterranean Cafe, where foods from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, and Morocco await. The Redbook Restuarant at Hillbrook Inn and Spa offers customized dishes tailored to your dietary needs. Each meal that’s been served in the dining room has been recorded, guaranteeing you a unique dining experience with every visit. Hungry after shopping? Stop by the 1950’s-style Needful Things Cafe and enjoy some post-shopping grub. Fresh pie? Yes, please.
Speaking of shopping, look no further than Needful Things, located in the St. George building. The building dates back to 1850 and has been lovingly restored to resemble a 1906 postcard. Full of rare antiquities, collectibles, jewelry and a host of new and used items you simply can’t find elsewhere.
ENTERTAINMENT
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One of the biggest draws in the area is the Hollywood Casino and Inn at Charles Town Races. Concerts, casino, racing and lodging all in one place. Artists like Sara Evans, Toni Braxton and Three Dog Night play the venue, and the restored and renovated race track keeps the tradition of horse racing alive. Plans are underway to create a “Washington Heritage Arts & Culture District” which promises to bring exciting changes to the historic downtown Charles Town area.
PARKS AND RECREATION
The City of Charles Town Parks & Recreation Commission was established 2005 and has already made a big impact on the town’s park scene. The town purchased Evitts Run Park from the Jefferson County Parks & Recreation board in 2006, and its downtown location has become an oasis in the middle of a busy area. It is accessible on foot via a pedestrian entrance. Charles Town Skate Park opened in 2008 and is the only facility of it’s kind in Jefferson County. Use of the park is free to the public. For more wilderness-themed adventures, Willingham Knolls Park features walking trails and footbridges over Evitts Run.
Jefferson Memorial Park features a swimming pool and other family-friendly recreation opportunities. Visit the downtown historic district, tour the Bloomery Plantation Distillery for an adult adventure, and take in some of the beauty of the area with hiking trails, river adventures and fishing nearby.
Charles Town is a blossoming community with much to offer!
Country star Sara Evans has enjoyed a prolific recording career and is one of the most compelling female vocalists of her generation, with hits such as “Born to Fly,” “Suds in the Bucket” and “A Little Bit Stronger.”
She’s released eight critically acclaimed studio albums and her last—“Words”—was named among Billboard and Rolling Stone’s favorite country albums of 2017.
On Nov. 29, the multi-platinum selling recording artist will play the Event Center at Hollywood Casino in Charlestown, West Virginia, less than an hour’s drive from Tysons.
“This will be an acoustic show, which I love,” Evans says. “They are a lot more intimate and it gives me an opportunity to talk to the audience a little more, so it’s quiet. My son will be playing guitar and we’ll have another guitar player, plus my sister Leslie will be singing harmony with me. It’s a great way to hear the songs in a different way than normal.”
Evans grew up in Missouri on a farm, and she’s always been close to her family.
“When I was 4, my two older brothers started taking guitar lessons and I would start singing along with them and my parents realized I had a voice,” Evans says. “They started getting other musicians to back us and we formed different bands. By the time I was 6, I was working as a professional musician, doing shows all over Missouri.”
She was one of six siblings, and through the years, she has performed with most of them. And she’s gotten her own kids involved as well. Earlier this year, Evans was inspired to go in the studio with daughter Olivia Barker (16) and son Avery Barker (19), to record a 6-song EP after strong fan reaction to acoustic renditions of “Dreams” and “Born To Fly” posted to Instagram.
Her brother still plays bass on her tour and other siblings sing with her from time to time.
“Family has always been important to me and I love being in business with my family,” she says. “When you work with family, it sounds great because you grew up doing it together, so harmonies are really natural. Plus, they keep me grounded.”
She doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t singing and knew this was the direction her life would go at an early age.
“I don’t have a memory of not being a singer. I knew this was my purpose in life and there was never any really doubt that I would move to Nashville and become someone like Reba or Loretta Lynn,” Evans says. “I started so young, it was so natural for me.”
Evans is looking forward to coming to our area and performing in front of her fans from D.C. and Virginia.
“The live shows are my favorite part of what I do. I love being in a studio and creating new music, but to be on the road and have those moments where you know you are reaching right into someone’s heart and maybe even changing their life with a song you are singing, is a great feeling,” she says. “I know that some songs mean so much to people and now they get to hear it live for the first time, so it’s a great feeling. That’s really important to me to try and deliver that every night.”
Soon after the Charlestown gig, Evans will be embarking on her “Blue Christmas Tour,” where she will spend the month of December playing her favorite holiday tunes and songs off of her two Christmas albums. Don’t be surprised if she gets into the holiday spirit a little early on Nov. 29.
“A lot of people do like the Christmas shows so we’ll be doing some fun stuff with that,” she says. “We are changing up the show to add some songs not on the last Christmas album.”
Evans also is headed to the studio this fall to begin work on her next new album.
“We’re in the pre-production phase now, so I’m overly excited,” Evans says. “It’s going to be really cool. Something very different for me, something I’ve never done before, but I can’t say what it is yet. It will be a big surprise to a lot of people.”
In addition to new music, Evans will also be wrapping up her memoir, which she has been writing for the past few years.
“It stated out being a little more comical and my unsolicited advice about different things in life— parenting and being a working mom—but then when I started writing it, it was impossible not to give a lot of backstory to my life and how I developed these opinions and why I am the way I am,” she says. “It’s not my entire life story, but quite a bit of it.”
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