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Morgan County was created from Hampshire and Berkeley Counties
Extending south from the Potomac River in the Eastern Panhandle, Morgan County is 229.6 square miles of mostly parallel north-south ridges. It lies within the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain chain. The wild and scenic Cacapon River snakes no...
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