Capon Springs, West Virginia

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Mountain House at Capon Springs Resort.
Mountain House at Capon Springs Resort.
The Octagon House from Capon Springs Road.
The Octagon House from Capon Springs Road.

Capon Springs is an unincorporated hamlet in Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. According to the 2000 census, the Capon Springs community has a population of 95 [1].

It is located on Capon Springs Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 16) along Capon Springs Run. Originally known as Frye's Springs after its discoverer Henry Frye, and later established as the Town of Watson on December 12, 1787, the town was renamed for its medicinal spring. The springs were believed to carry such healing power that half an acre sold for $900 in gold in the late 18th century. After West Virginia seceded from Virginia in 1863, it had to pay Virginia for the loss of the springs during Reconstruction. The historic Capon Springs & Farms resort is located here and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), 19th Governor of West Virginia, was born in Capon Springs.

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The Old Red Store & Post Office.
The Old Red Store & Post Office.

Capon Springs and its post office have been known by several varying names throughout its history, which include:

  • Cacapehon Spring
  • Cacapon Springs
  • Frye's Springs
  • Fryes Spring
  • Fryes Springs
  • Watson
  • Watson Town
  • Watsontown
  • Watsonville

  • Capon Springs, Capon Springs Road (CR 16)
  • Octagon House, Capon Springs Road (CR 16)
  • Old Red Store, Capon Springs Road (CR 16) & McIlwee Road (CR 16/1)

  • Mountain House, Capon Springs, Hampshire County, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland, The Printing Office, 1857.


Flag of West Virginia Hampshire County, West Virginia
Municipalities

Capon Bridge | Romney
Unincorporated communities

Augusta | Barnes Mill | Bloomery | Blues Beach | Bubbling Spring | Capon Lake | Capon Springs | Capon Springs Station | Cold Stream | Creekvale | Davis Ford | Delray | Dillons Run | Donaldson | Forks of Cacapon | Frenchburg | Glebe | Good | Grace | Green Spring | Hainesville | Hanging Rock | Hanging Rocks | Higginsville | High View | Hooks Mills | Hoy | Intermont | Jericho | Junction | Kirby | Largent | Lehew | Levels | Little Cacapon | Loom | Mechanicsburg | Millbrook | Millen | Millesons Mill | Neals Run | Nero | North River Mills | Okonoko | Pancake | Pin Oak | Pleasant Dale | Points | Purgitsville | Rada | Raven Rocks | Ridgedale | Ruckman | Sector | Sedan | Shanks | Shiloh | Slanesville | South Branch Depot | Springfield | Three Churches | Vance | Vanderlip | Wappocomo | Yellow Spring
Natural features and areas

Baker Mountain | Bear Garden Mountain | Bearwallow Creek | Big Run | Cacapon Mountain | Cacapon River | Capon Springs Run | Castle Mountain | Caudy's Castle | Cooper Mountain | The Devil's Nose | Dillons Run | Edwards Run | Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area | Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area | George Washington National Forest | Grassy Lick Run | Great North Mountain | Green Spring Run | High Knob | Ice Mountain | Little Cacapon Mountain | Little Cacapon River | Mechanicsburg Gap | Mill Branch | Mill Creek | Mill Creek Mountain | Mill Run | Nathaniel Mountain | Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area | Patterson Creek Mountain | North Branch Potomac River | North River | North River Mountain | Potomac River | Short Mountain | Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area | Sideling Hill | South Branch Mountain | South Branch Potomac River | South Branch Wildlife Management Area | Spring Gap Mountain | Tearcoat Creek | The Trough | Timber Ridge | Wacousta Hill
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Counties

Berkeley | Grant | Hampshire | Hardy | Jefferson | Mineral | Morgan | Pendleton
Communities

Bayard | Berkeley Springs | Bolivar | Capon Bridge | Carpendale | Charles Town | Elk Garden | Franklin | Harpers Ferry | Hedgesville | Keyser | Martinsburg | Moorefield | Paw Paw | Petersburg | Piedmont | Ridgeley | Romney | Shepherdstown | Wardensville
Attractions

Appalachian National Scenic Trail | Berkeley Springs State Park | Cacapon Resort State Park | Cacapon River | Capon Springs | Charles Town Races & Slots | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | Fort Ashby | Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches | George Washington National Forest | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Indian Mound Cemetery | Jennings Randolph Lake | Lost River | Lost River State Park | Monongahela National Forest | Mount Storm Lake | Northwestern Turnpike | Potomac River | Potomac State College | Seneca Rocks | Shenandoah River | Shepherdstown National Historic District | Shepherd University | Sleepy Creek Lake | Smoke Hole Caverns | South Branch Potomac River | Spruce Knob | Summit Point Motorsports Park | The Trough | Trout Pond | Tuscarora Trail | Washington Heritage Trail
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