Hanging Rock, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Hanging Rock, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°15′57″N 78°32′27″W / 39.26583°N 78.54083°W / 39.26583; -78.54083
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hampshire
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1539908

Hanging Rock is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Hanging Rock is named for the "Hanging Rock" outcrop that hangs over the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50). It should not be confused with the plural "Hanging Rocks" over the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney at Wapocomo. Originally, the community of Hanging Rock sprang up in the Henderson Hollow gap of North River Mountain. While only a few buildings of the old hamlet remain, today's Hanging Rock is situated at the intersection of North River Road (County Route 50/21) and Delray Road (West Virginia Route 29) where the North River flows under U.S. Route 50 towards the Cacapon.

On April 16, 1756, Daniel Morgan was wounded during a Native American attack near Hanging Rock while on the road to Winchester. The attack also resulted in the death of his two companions. Morgan managed to remain in his saddle and escaped with neck and mouth wounds towards Fort Edwards on the Cacapon River near Capon Bridge.

The rock formation's vicinity was also the scene of skirmishes between Union and Confederate troops in 1861. This American Civil War engagement is often referred to as "The Battle of Hanging Rocks" or the "Battle of Hanging Rocks Pass."

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hanging Rock, West Virginia

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Romney
City	Romney	Map of West Virginia highlighting Hampshire County
Town	Capon Bridge
CDPs	Green Spring Springfield
Unincorporated communities	Augusta Barnes Mill Bloomery Blues Beach Bubbling Spring Capon Lake Capon Springs Capon Springs Station Cold Stream Concord Creekvale Davis Ford Delray Dillons Run Donaldson Forks of Cacapon Frenchburg Glebe Good Grace Hainesville Hanging Rock Higginsville High View Hooks Mills Hoy Intermont Jericho Johnson Junction Kirby Largent Lehew Levels Little Cacapon Loom Mechanicsburg Millbrook Millen Milleson Neals Run Nero North River Mills Okonoko Pancake Pin Oak Pleasant Dale Points Purgitsville Rada Raven Rocks Ridgedale Rio Ruckman Sector Sedan Shanks Shiloh Slanesville South Branch Depot Three Churches Valley Vance Vanderlip Wappocomo Wickham Woodrow Yellow Spring
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v t e Hampshire County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War
Raids and expeditions	Romney Expedition
Units	Union army: 1st Maryland Cavalry Confederate States Army: 7th Virginia Cavalry 11th Virginia Cavalry 13th Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Cavalry 33rd Virginia Infantry 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry McNeill's Rangers
People	James Dillon Armstrong Stonewall Jackson Angus William McDonald John Hanson McNeill Alexander W. Monroe Isaac Parsons Christian Streit White John Baker White Robert White
Places and tourism	Capon Chapel Confederate Memorial Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches Frenchburg, West Virginia Frye's Inn Hampshire County Courthouse Hanging Rock, West Virginia Hanging Rocks Hook's Tavern Ice Mountain Indian Mound Cemetery Literary Hall (Romney Literary Society) Little Cacapon, West Virginia Mechanicsburg Gap Moorefield and North Branch Turnpike Okonoko, West Virginia Romney, West Virginia Romney Classical Institute Romney Presbyterian Church Sloan–Parker House Springfield, West Virginia Sycamore Dale Taggart Hall Wappocomo Washington Bottom Farm Wirgman Building

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