Main House at Capon Springs Resort.The Octagon House from Capon Springs Road.
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] 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.
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 sitesedit
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)
Referencesedit
^Capon Springs, West Virginia ZIP code profile January 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, DownloadZIPCode.com 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. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 154.
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 linksedit
Media related to Capon Springs, West Virginia at Wikimedia Commons
Capon Springs & Farms
George Washington National Forest: Lee Ranger District
capon, springs, west, virginia, other, places, called, capon, cacapon, capon, springs, unincorporated, community, hampshire, county, west, virginia, united, states, according, 2000, census, capon, springs, community, population, unincorporated, communitycapon,. For other places called Capon see Cacapon 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 Capon Springs West VirginiaUnincorporated communityCapon SpringsShow map of West VirginiaCapon SpringsShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 39 8 10 N 78 29 4 W 39 13611 N 78 48444 W 39 13611 78 48444CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCountyHampshirePopulation 2000 Total95Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP codes26823Area code304 Main House at Capon Springs Resort The Octagon House from Capon Springs Road 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 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 amp Farms resort is located here and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Contents 1 Notable people 2 Historical names 3 Historic sites 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External linksNotable people editHerman Guy Kump 1877 1962 19th Governor of West Virginia and American educator Arthur R M Spaid 1866 1936 3 4 were born in Capon Springs Historical names edit nbsp The Old Red Store amp 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 WatsonvilleHistoric sites editCapon Springs Capon Springs Road CR 16 Octagon House Capon Springs Road CR 16 Old Red Store Capon Springs Road CR 16 amp McIlwee Road CR 16 1 Ms Bessie s Bungalow Capon Springs Road CR 16 References edit 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 Piedmont WV The Place Name Press p 154 Maxwell amp Swisher 1897 p 730 Secrest 1922 p 65 Bibliography editMaxwell Hu amp 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 edit nbsp Media related to Capon Springs West Virginia at Wikimedia Commons Capon Springs amp Farms George Washington National Forest Lee Ranger District nbsp This article is about a location in Hampshire County West Virginia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Capon Springs West Virginia amp oldid 1187473505, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
