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Great Cacapon, West Virginia

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For other places called Cacapon, see Cacapon (disambiguation).
Great Cacapon
Census-designated place
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMorgan
Area
Template:GR
 • Total
0.857 sq mi (2.22 km2)
 • Land0.857 sq mi (2.22 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2010)Template:GR
 • Total
386
 • Density450/sq mi (170/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Great Cacapon, pronounced /kəˈkeɪpən/ kə-KAY-pən, is an unincorporated census-designated place in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. As of the 2010 census, its population was 386.Template:GR

Great Cacapon takes its name from the Cacapon River (from the Native American meaning "medicine water") which empties into the Potomac River to the town's east. It was originally known as Cacapon Depot on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline when a post office was established here in 1848. In 1876, its name was changed to Great Cacapon to differentiate it from Little Cacapon which was also on the B&O mainline. It lies four miles down Cacapon Mountain from the Panorama Overlook along Cacapon Road (West Virginia Route 9) west of Berkeley Springs.

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