Cacapon ( ) is a term of
Native American origin that means "medicine waters." It may refer to:
Buildings and structures
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Capon Chapel, a 1750s church in Hampshire County, West Virginia
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Fort Capon, a 1756 stockade fort near Forks of Cacapon, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Geophysical features
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Cacapon Mountain
Cacapon Mountain ( ) runs northwest through Morgan and Hampshire counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of above sea-level at High Point. Cacapon Mountain is a folded mountain ridge, belonging to the A ...
, a mountain in Morgan and Hampshire counties of West Virginia
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Little Cacapon Mountain
Little Cacapon Mountain ( or ) is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The mountain takes its name from the Little Cacapon River, a Potomac River tributary
A tributary, o ...
, a mountain ridge in Hampshire County, West Virginia
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Cacapon River
The Cacapon River ( ; meaning Medicine Waters), located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region, is an shallow river known for its fishing, boating, wildlife, hunting, and wilderness scenery. As part of the Potomac ...
, a river in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia
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Little Cacapon River
The Little Cacapon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River in the center of Hampshire County, West Virgini ...
, a river in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Parks and recreational places
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Cacapon Resort State Park
Opened in 1933, the Cacapon Resort State Park is located on the eastern slopes of Cacapon Mountain in Morgan County, West Virginia, USA. Panorama Overlook, at the southern end of the park and above sea level, is the highest point in the park ...
, a state park in Morgan County, West Virginia
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Capon Springs Resort
Capon Springs, also known as Frye's Springs and Watson Town, is a national historic district in Capon Springs, West Virginia that includes a number of resort buildings ranging in age from the mid-nineteenth century to the early 20th century. ...
, a resort and spa in Capon Springs, West Virginia
Populated places
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Capon Bridge, West Virginia
Capon Bridge is a town in eastern Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, along the Northwestern Turnpike ( U.S. Route 50), approximately west of Winchester, Virginia. The population was 418 at the 2020 census. Originally known as "Gle ...
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Capon Lake, West Virginia
Capon Lake is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region. Capon Lake is situated between Yellow Spring and Intermont at the junction of West Virginia Route 259 and Capon Springs Road (West Virgin ...
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Capon Springs, West Virginia
Capon Springs is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. According to the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census, the Capon Springs community has a pop ...
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Great Cacapon, West Virginia
Great Cacapon ( ) 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.
Great Cacapon takes its name from the Cacapon River (from the Native A ...
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Little Cacapon, West Virginia
Little Cacapon is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Little Cacapon is located at the mouth of the Little Cacapon River on the Potomac River, P ...
See also
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