Forks of Cacapon, West Virginia

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Forks of Cacapon is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. The community is named for its location at the confluence of the North River and Cacapon River. Forks of Cacapon is also located at another fork: the crossroads of West Virginia Route 29, West Virginia Route 127, and Croston-North River Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 45/5). Despite its former post office's name, Forks of Capon, the community is generally referred to as "Forks of Cacapon."

[edit] Historic sites

  • Capon View Farm, Gaston Road (CR 45/7)
  • Fort Capon site, Gaston Road (CR 45/7)
  • Island Hill United Methodist Church, WV Route 29 North
  • Old Forks of Capon Post Office & General Store, Gaston Road (CR 45/7)

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Municipalities

Capon Bridge | Romney

Unincorporated communities

Augusta | Barnes Mill | Bloomery | Blues Beach | Bubbling Spring | Capon Lake | Capon Springs | Cold Stream | Creekvale | Davis Ford | Delray | Dillons Run | Donaldson | Forks of Cacapon | Frenchburg | Glebe | Good | Grace | Green Spring | Hainesville | Hanging Rock | Higginsville | High View | Hooks Mills | Hoy | Intermont | Jericho | Junction | Kirby | Lehew | Levels | Little Cacapon | Loom | Mechanicsburg | Millbrook | Millen | Millesons Mill | Neals Run | Nero | North River Mills | Okonoko | Pin Oak | Pleasant Dale | Points | Purgitsville | Rada | Raven Rocks | Ridgedale | Ruckman | Sector | Sedan | Shanks | Shiloh | Slanesville | Springfield | Three Churches | Vance | Vanderlip | Wappocomo | Yellow Spring

Rivers and streams

Bearwallow Creek | Big Run | Cacapon River | Capon Springs Run | Dillons Run | Edwards Run | Grassy Lick Run | Green Spring Run | Little Cacapon River | Mill Branch | Mill Creek | Mill Run | North Branch Potomac River | North River | Potomac River | South Branch Potomac River | Tearcoat Creek

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Counties

Berkeley | Grant | Hampshire | Hardy | Jefferson | Mineral | Morgan | Pendleton

Communities

Bayard | Berkeley Springs | Bolivar | Capon Bridge | Carpendale | Charles Town | Elk Garden | Franklin | Harpers Ferry | Hedgesville | Keyser | Martinsburg | Moorefield | Paw Paw | Petersburg | Piedmont | Ridgeley | Romney | Shepherdstown | Wardensville

Attractions

Appalachian National Scenic Trail | Berkeley Springs State Park | Cacapon Resort State Park | Cacapon River | Capon Springs | Charles Town Races & Slots | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | Fort Ashby | Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches | George Washington National Forest | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Indian Mound Cemetery | Jennings Randolph Lake | Lost River | Lost River State Park | Monongahela National Forest | Mount Storm Lake | Northwestern Turnpike | Potomac River | Potomac State College | Seneca Rocks | Shenandoah River | Shepherdstown National Historic District | Shepherd University | Sleepy Creek Lake | Smoke Hole Caverns | South Branch Potomac River | Spruce Knob | Summit Point Motorsports Park | The Trough | Trout Pond | Tuscarora Trail | Washington Heritage Trail