Potomac Highlands of West Virginia

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The Potomac Highlands of West Virginia are the root of the Eastern Panhandle, bordering Maryland and Virginia. They comprise the following counties:

Grant
Hampshire
Hardy
Mineral
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Randolph
Tucker

Because of geographical proximity and shared culture and history, the Potomac Highlands region is extended to include Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties, even though they are not within the Potomac River watershed.

1 County information
2 Largest cities
3 Potomac Highlands trivia
4 External links

[edit] County information

County	Named For	Founded	Seat
Grant	Ulysses Simpson Grant	February 14, 1866	Petersburg
Hampshire	Hampshire County, England	December 13, 1753	Romney
Hardy	Samuel Hardy	December 10, 1785	Moorefield
Mineral	minerals located in the county	February 1, 1866	Keyser
Pendleton	Edmund Pendleton	December 4, 1787	Franklin
Pocahontas	Pocahontas of the Powhatan Native American people	1821	Marlinton
Randolph	Edmund Jennings Randolph	1787	Elkins
Tucker	Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.	1856	Parsons

[edit] Largest cities

City	2005 (estimate)	2000	County
Elkins	7,109	7,032	Randolph
Keyser	5,410	5,303	Mineral
Petersburg	2,634	2,423	Grant
Moorefield	2,408	2,375	Hardy
Romney	1,975	1,940	Hampshire
Parsons	1,400	1,463	Tucker
Marlinton	1,247	1,204	Pocahontas

[edit] Potomac Highlands trivia

The Potomac Highlands includes West Virginia's oldest town (1762) of Romney.
The Potomac Highlands also includes West Virginia's oldest county: Hampshire (1753).
West Virginia's highest elevation above sea level is located in the Potomac Highlands in Pendleton County: Spruce Knob, 4,863 feet (1,482 meters).
Shortly after West Virginia gained statehood, Mineral and Grant counties were created from Hampshire and Hardy in 1866.

[edit] External links

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	Potomac River system Cities and towns \| Bridges \| Islands \| Variant names
	Regions
	Allegheny Front \| Allegheny Mountains \| Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area \| Blue Ridge Mountains \| Cumberland Valley \| Eastern Panhandle \| Northern Neck \| Northern Virginia \| Potomac Highlands \| Ridge-and-valley Appalachians \| Shenandoah Valley \| Southern Maryland \| Western Maryland
	Tributaries
	North Branch \| Stony River \| Abram Creek \| Savage River \| Georges Creek \| Wills Creek \| Evitts Creek \| Patterson Creek \| South Branch \| North Fork South Branch \| South Fork South Branch \| Town Creek \| Little Cacapon River \| Fifteenmile Creek \| Sideling Hill Creek \| Cacapon River \| Lost River \| North River (West Virginia) \| Tonoloway Creek \| Sleepy Creek \| Licking Creek \| Back Creek \| Little Conococheague Creek \| Conococheague Creek \| Opequon Creek \| Antietam Creek \| Shenandoah River \| North Fork Shenandoah River \| South Fork Shenandoah River \| North River (Virginia) \| South River \| Catoctin Creek (Maryland) \| Catoctin Creek (Virginia) \| Monocacy River \| Little Monocacy River \| Goose Creek \| Little River \| Seneca Creek \| Cabin John Creek \| Rock Creek \| Anacostia River \| Sligo Creek \| Four Mile Run \| Oxon Creek \| Hunting Creek \| Piscataway Creek \| Dogue Creek \| Accotink Creek \| Pohick Creek \| Occoquan River \| Bull Run \| Neabsco Creek \| Mattawoman Creek \| Quantico Creek \| Chopawamsic Creek \| Aquia Creek \| Potomac Creek \| Nanjemoy Creek \| Port Tobacco River \| Wicomico River \| Coan River \| St. Marys River \| Yeocomico River \| Hull Creek
	Lakes and reservoirs
	Lake Accotink \| Lake Anne \| Lake Artemesia \| Lake Bernard Frank \| Lake Braddock \| Breckenridge Reservoir \| Brushy Fork Lake \| Burke Lake \| Dalecarlia Reservoir \| Georgetown Reservoir \| Jennings Randolph Lake \| Kingman Lake \| McMillan Reservoir \| Mount Storm Lake \| Lake Needwood \| Sleepy Creek Lake \| Stony River Reservoir \| Trout Pond \| Warden Lake
	Dependent states
	District of Columbia \| Maryland \| Pennsylvania \| Virginia \| West Virginia

	State of West Virginia Charleston (capital)
Topics	Cities \| Towns \| Villages \| Census‑designated places \| Governors \| Colleges and universities
Regions	Allegheny Mountains \| Allegheny Plateau \| Baltimore‑Washington Metropolitan Area \| Charleston Metropolitan Area \| Cumberland Plateau \| Eastern Panhandle \| North‑Central West Virginia \| Northern Panhandle \| Potomac Highlands \| Ridge‑and‑valley Appalachians \| Southern West Virginia
Major cities	Charleston \| Huntington \| Parkersburg \| Wheeling \| Morgantown
Smaller cities	Beckley \| Bluefield \| Clarksburg \| Cross Lanes \| Fairmont \| Martinsburg \| Saint Albans \| South Charleston \| Teays Valley \| Vienna \| Weirton
Counties	Barbour \| Berkeley \| Boone \| Braxton \| Brooke \| Cabell \| Calhoun \| Clay \| Doddridge \| Fayette \| Gilmer \| Grant \| Greenbrier \| Hampshire \| Hancock \| Hardy \| Harrison \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Kanawha \| Lewis \| Lincoln \| Logan \| Marion \| Marshall \| Mason \| McDowell \| Mercer \| Mineral \| Mingo \| Monongalia \| Monroe \| Morgan \| Nicholas \| Ohio \| Pendleton \| Pleasants \| Pocahontas \| Preston \| Putnam \| Raleigh \| Randolph \| Ritchie \| Roane \| Summers \| Taylor \| Tucker \| Tyler \| Upshur \| Wayne \| Webster \| Wetzel \| Wirt \| Wood \| Wyoming

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	Potomac River system Cities and towns \| Bridges \| Islands \| Variant names
	Regions
	Allegheny Front \| Allegheny Mountains \| Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area \| Blue Ridge Mountains \| Cumberland Valley \| Eastern Panhandle \| Northern Neck \| Northern Virginia \| Potomac Highlands \| Ridge-and-valley Appalachians \| Shenandoah Valley \| Southern Maryland \| Western Maryland
	Tributaries
	North Branch \| Stony River \| Abram Creek \| Savage River \| Georges Creek \| Wills Creek \| Evitts Creek \| Patterson Creek \| South Branch \| North Fork South Branch \| South Fork South Branch \| Town Creek \| Little Cacapon River \| Fifteenmile Creek \| Sideling Hill Creek \| Cacapon River \| Lost River \| North River (West Virginia) \| Tonoloway Creek \| Sleepy Creek \| Licking Creek \| Back Creek \| Little Conococheague Creek \| Conococheague Creek \| Opequon Creek \| Antietam Creek \| Shenandoah River \| North Fork Shenandoah River \| South Fork Shenandoah River \| North River (Virginia) \| South River \| Catoctin Creek (Maryland) \| Catoctin Creek (Virginia) \| Monocacy River \| Little Monocacy River \| Goose Creek \| Little River \| Seneca Creek \| Cabin John Creek \| Rock Creek \| Anacostia River \| Sligo Creek \| Four Mile Run \| Oxon Creek \| Hunting Creek \| Piscataway Creek \| Dogue Creek \| Accotink Creek \| Pohick Creek \| Occoquan River \| Bull Run \| Neabsco Creek \| Mattawoman Creek \| Quantico Creek \| Chopawamsic Creek \| Aquia Creek \| Potomac Creek \| Nanjemoy Creek \| Port Tobacco River \| Wicomico River \| Coan River \| St. Marys River \| Yeocomico River \| Hull Creek
	Lakes and reservoirs
	Lake Accotink \| Lake Anne \| Lake Artemesia \| Lake Bernard Frank \| Lake Braddock \| Breckenridge Reservoir \| Brushy Fork Lake \| Burke Lake \| Dalecarlia Reservoir \| Georgetown Reservoir \| Jennings Randolph Lake \| Kingman Lake \| McMillan Reservoir \| Mount Storm Lake \| Lake Needwood \| Sleepy Creek Lake \| Stony River Reservoir \| Trout Pond \| Warden Lake
	Dependent states
	District of Columbia \| Maryland \| Pennsylvania \| Virginia \| West Virginia

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