Longs Island (West Virginia)

Longs Island is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

on the

North Branch Potomac River The North Branch Potomac River flows from Fairfax Stone in West Virginia to its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River near Green Spring, West Virginia, where it turns into the Potomac River proper. Course From the Fairfax Stone, th ...

nearly one mile long and contains the Long family farm, and is known for the corn it produces from the rich river

silt Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil (often mixed with sand or clay) or as sediment mixed in suspension with water. Silt usually has a floury feel ...

laden soil. Longs Island lies in Allegany County

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, but is only accessible from Mineral County,

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...

near Keyser. The island lies across the North Branch from McCoole,

, but is in Maryland as the state boundary is the low water mark on the West Virginia side of the river. Landforms of Allegany County, Maryland River islands of Maryland Islands of the Potomac River Landforms of Mineral County, West Virginia {{AlleganyCountyMD-geo-stub