Hancock
Hancock is an unincorporated community hamlet in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. It is located off Hancock Road on River Road along the Potomac River north of Berkeley Springs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Alpine Depot”, “Alpine Station”, “Brosius”, “Hancock, West Virginia”, and “Hancock, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hancock Bridge and Fort Tonoloway State Park.
Fort Tonoloway State Park
Park
Fort Tonoloway State Park is an undeveloped Maryland state park located near present-day Hancock. Fort Tonoloway was a frontier fort built in 1755 by Lt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hancock and Burnt Factory.
Hancock
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Hancock is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,557 at the 2020 census. The Western Maryland community is notable for being located at the narrowest part of the state.
Burnt Factory
Hamlet
Burnt Factory is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia north of Berkeley Springs. It is located along Sand Mine Road off Hancock Road and is the site of the U.S. Burnt Factory is situated 3 miles southwest of Hancock.
Warfordsburg
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Warfordsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bethel Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies just north of the Mason-Dixon line, near Interstate 70, and readily accessible to U.S. Route 40, the historic National Road, just across the Maryland state line. Warfordsburg is situated 4 miles north of Hancock.
Hancock
- Category: unincorporated community in the United States
- Location: Morgan, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.69287° or 39° 41′ 34″ northLongitude
-78.17751° or 78° 10′ 39″ westElevation
413 feet (126 metres)Open location code
87F3MRVC+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 158326510OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Hancock” goes by many names.
- French: “Hancock”
- Irish: “Hancock”
- Persian: “هنکاک، ویرجینای غربی”
- Persian: “هنکاک”
- South Azerbaijani: “هنکاک، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Volapük: “Hancock (WV)”
- Volapük: “Hancock, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Hancock, WV”
- Volapük: “Hancock”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hancock Rescue Company 59 and National Road Mile Marker 97.
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