Sir Johns Run is an

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at the mouth of

Sir Johns Run Sir Johns Run is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary stream of the Potomac River in Morgan County, West Virginia. For most of its course, Sir Joh ...

on the

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in Morgan County,

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northwest of Berkeley Springs. It is bound to its west by the Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area and to its east by Warm Springs Ridge (1,086 feet). While Sir Johns Run formerly served on the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline as an early passenger station for Berkeley Springs, today it is primarily a residential community of Berkeley Springs accessible by Sir Johns Run Road (County Route 3). Sir Johns Run had its own post office in operation from 1850 to 1938. Today, the stream and its namesake hamlet are a site on the Washington Heritage Trail.

External links

Sir John's Run on the Washington Heritage Trail

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Baltimore and Ohio Railroad West Virginia populated places on the Potomac River {{MorganCountyWV-geo-stub