Wapocomo
Wappocomo is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community is located south of Springfield on West Virginia Route 28 at Hanging Rocks along the South Branch Potomac River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Rocks”, “Wapocoma”, “Wappocomo”, “Wappocomo, West Virginia”, and “Wappocomo, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hanging Rocks and Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad.
Hanging Rocks
Cliff
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hanging Rocks are perpendicular cliffs rising nearly 300 feet above the South Branch Potomac River in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Romney, West Virginia. The railroad operates excursion trains over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that runs between Green Spring and Petersburg. Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is situated 2½ miles south of Wapocomo.
Washington Bottom Farm
House
Photo: Its N8 Again, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ridgedale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house and farm on a plateau overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, West Virginia, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgedale and Vance.
Ridgedale
Hamlet
Ridgedale is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located within a horseshoe bend in the South Branch Potomac River between the communities of Blues Beach and Wappocomo.
Vance
Hamlet
Vance is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vance lies on the South Branch Potomac River. Most of its residents reside along West Virginia Route 28. Buffalo Creek empties into the South Branch at Vance.
Blues Beach
Hamlet
Blues Beach is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Blues Beach is a predominantly river camp community located south of Springfield and north of Wappocomo on West Virginia Route 28 along the South Branch Potomac River. Blues Beach is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wapocomo.
Wapocomo
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.39503° or 39° 23′ 42″ northLongitude
-78.7355° or 78° 44′ 8″ westElevation
653 feet (199 metres)Open location code
87F397W7+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 158296692OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Wapocomo” goes by many names.
- French: “Wappocomo”
- Persian: “واپوکومو، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “واپوکومو”
- South Azerbaijani: “واپوکومو، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Volapük: “Wappocomo (West Virginia)”
- Volapük: “Wappocomo (WV)”
- Volapük: “Wappocomo, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Wappocomo, WV”
- Volapük: “Wappocomo”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Washington Bottom Farm and Former Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wapocomo”. Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 4.0.