Potomac Highlands Marketplace
A regional market shaped by service access, healthcare travel, workforce movement, and the reality of longer driving distances across the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia and nearby feeder communities.
Regional Overview
The Potomac Highlands region functions as a service-access marketplace where residents routinely travel between counties to reach employment, healthcare, schools, courts, retail centers, and essential services.
In this region, travel behavior is strongly influenced by geography, mountains, and distance — creating practical hub-and-spoke patterns where communities share resources and services across county lines.
Demographic & Economic Context
- Predominantly rural communities with strong local identity
- Longer drive times for specialized healthcare and services
- Small businesses and nonprofits serving wide geographic areas
- Tourism and seasonal activity that supports local commerce
- Regional cooperation is often practical and necessary for service access
Primary Cities & Communities Served
This marketplace includes communities that regularly interact through service travel, commerce, workforce movement, and shared regional resources:
- Elkins
- Keyser
- Romney
- Moorefield
- Petersburg
- Franklin
- Davis / Thomas
- Parsons
- Oakland, MD
- Cumberland, MD
Counties & Feeder Market Reach
This region includes core Potomac Highlands counties and feeder areas where residents routinely travel to reach services, employment, and commerce across a shared multi-county geography.
- Randolph County, WV
- Tucker County, WV
- Pocahontas County, WV (feeder via service travel and seasonal movement)
- Pendleton County, WV (service-access travel region)
- Grant County, WV
- Mineral County, WV
- Hardy County, WV
- Hampshire County, WV
- Garrett County, MD
- Allegany County, MD
Who This Market Serves
Businesses serving customers across long-distance travel patterns and multi-county service areas.
Organizations helping communities where access often depends on regional cooperation.
Residents seeking trusted local options and essential services within a realistic driving radius.
Directory Coverage for This Region
Directory listings reflect how the Potomac Highlands actually functions — connecting businesses, nonprofits, causes, events, and barter opportunities to a service-access region where discoverability matters.
Market regions are defined by observed travel behavior and service access. They are informational in nature and do not replace municipal, county, or state jurisdictions.