Hanging Rock, West Virginia

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Hanging Rock is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Hanging Rock is named for the "Hanging Rock" that hangs over the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Highway 50). It should not be confused with the plural "Hanging Rocks" over the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney. 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 (CR 50/21) and Delray Road (West Virginia State Route 29) where the North River flows under US 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.

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	Hampshire County, West Virginia
	Cities and towns
	Capon Bridge \| Romney
	Unincorporated communities
	Augusta \| Barnes Mill \| Bloomery \| Blues Beach \| Bubbling Spring \| Capon Lake \| Capon Springs \| Cold Stream \| Creekvale \| Delray \| Dillons Run \| Donaldson \| Forks of Cacapon \| Frenchburg \| Glebe \| Good \| Green Spring \| Hanging Rock \| Higginsville \| High View \| Hooks Mills \| Hoy \| Intermont \| Jericho \| Junction \| Kirby \| Lehew \| Levels \| Little Cacapon \| Loom \| Mechanicsburg \| Millbrook \| Millen \| Millesons Mill \| Neals Run \| Nero \| North River Mills \| Okonoko \| Pin Oak \| Pleasant Dale \| Points \| Purgitsville \| Rada \| Ruckman \| Sector \| Sedan \| Shanks \| Shiloh \| Slanesville \| Springfield \| Three Churches \| Vanderlip \| Wappocomo \| Yellow Spring
	Rivers and streams
	Big Run \| Cacapon River \| Capon Springs Run \| Dillons Run \| Edwards Run \| Grassy Lick Run \| Green Spring Run \| Little Cacapon River \| Mill Branch \| Mill Creek \| Mill Run \| North Branch Potomac River \| North River \| Potomac River \| South Branch Potomac River \| Tearcoat Creek

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