Capon Bridge, West Virginia

on the beautiful Cacapon River

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Mr. Bailes's Middle School pages

Maps to get you to Capon Bridge

Fort Edwards, a French and Indian War Fort

Historic Hampshire County  West Virginia's Oldest County

Hampshire County's 250th Birthday

Old Photographs of Capon Bridge

Capon Valley History

 

    In case you are wondering about the spelling of our town and its river, the River is the Cacapon River. In colonial times it was spelled various ways including among others: Cacapehon and Cape Capon. The town is Capon Bridge leaving off the first sylable as does Capon Springs and Capon Valley. The derivation of the name is questionable; our major county history by Maxwell & Swisher says it may have come from an Indian word for "medicine water" prompted by the various springs along the river.