Great Cacapon, West Virginia

For other places called Cacapon, see Cacapon.

Great Cacapon (/kəˈkeɪpən/ kə-KAY-pən) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. As of the 2010 census, its population was 386.^[3]

Great Cacapon
Census-designated place (CDP)
WV 9 through Great Cacapon
Location in Morgan County and the state of West Virginia.
Coordinates: 39°36′52″N 78°17′09″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Morgan
Area [1]
• Total	0.857 sq mi (2.22 km2)
• Land	0.857 sq mi (2.22 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	532 ft (162 m)
Population  (2010)[3]
• Total	386
• Density	450/sq mi (170/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	2586817[2]

Great Cacapon takes its name from the Cacapon River (from the Native American meaning "medicine water") which empties into the Potomac River to the town's east. It was originally known as Cacapon Depot on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline when a post office was established here in 1848. In 1876, its name was changed to Great Cacapon to differentiate it from Little Cacapon which was also on the B&O mainline. It lies four miles down Cacapon Mountain from the Panorama Overlook along Cacapon Road (West Virginia Route 9) west of Berkeley Springs.

A CSX freight crosses the river at Great Cacapon

References

1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Great Cacapon, West Virginia
3. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

External links

• Great Cacapon on the Washington Heritage Trail