For other places called Capon, see
Cacapon .
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
Main House at Capon Springs Resort. The Octagon House from Capon Springs Road. Capon Springs is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County , West Virginia , United States. 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 in 1787, the town was renamed for its medicinal spring.[ 2] 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 .
Notable people
Herman Guy Kump (1877–1962), 19th Governor of West Virginia , and American educator Arthur R. M. Spaid (1866–1936)[ 3] [ 4]
Historical names
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
Historic sites
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)Ms. Bessie's Bungalow, Capon Springs Road (CR 16)
References
^ Capon Springs, West Virginia ZIP code profile Archived January 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine , DownloadZIPCode.com Archived December 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 2008-01-19.^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains ^ Maxwell & Swisher 1897 , p. 730.^ Secrest 1922 , p. 65.
Bibliography
Maxwell, Hu & Swisher, Howard Llewellyn (1897). History of Hampshire County, West Virginia From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Morgantown, West Virginia : A. Brown Boughner, Printer. OCLC 680931891 – via Internet Archive .Mountain House, Capon Springs, Hampshire County, Virginia . Baltimore, Maryland, The Printing Office, 1857.Secrest, Abraham Thompson, ed. (1922). Spaid Genealogy from the First of the Name in This Country to the Present Time with A Number of Allied Families and Many Historical Facts Columbus, Ohio : Nitschke Brothers. OCLC 285160392 – via Internet Archive .
External links
Capon Springs, West Virginia at Wikimedia Commons
