Great Cacapon | |
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Census-designated place (CDP) | |
Coordinates: 39°37′10″N 78°17′22″W / 39.61944°N 78.28944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Morgan |
Area | |
• Total | 0.857 sq mi (2.22 km2) |
• Land | 0.857 sq mi (2.22 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 386 |
• Density | 450/sq mi (170/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
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.[2] The town developed primarily after its establishment as a depot on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad around 1842, during the railroad's expansion from Harper's Ferry, West Virginia to Cumberland, Maryland.[3] It lies four miles down Cacapon Mountain from the Panorama Overlook along Cacapon Road (West Virginia Route 9) west of Berkeley Springs.