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Droop, West Virginia

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Coordinates: 38°5′6″N 80°17′5″W / 38.08500°N 80.28472°W / 38.08500; -80.28472
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Droop
Unincorporated community
Droop is located in West Virginia
Droop
Droop
Location within the state of West Virginia
Droop is located in the United States
Droop
Droop
Droop (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°5′6″N 80°17′5″W / 38.08500°N 80.28472°W / 38.08500; -80.28472
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyPocahontas
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
24933

Droop is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States, in the Greenbrier River Valley[citation needed].

The community takes its name from nearby Droop Mountain.[1] The area lends its name to Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, site of West Virginia's last significant Civil War battle.[2] The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the park's trails and buildings in the 1930s, as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation[citation needed]. Today, a small museum on the park grounds houses Civil War artifacts and discusses the park's CCC history.[3] Bi-annually, the West Virginia Reenactors Association reenacts the Droop Mountain battle.[4]

  • Snowy Day at Droop Mountain
    Snowy Day at Droop Mountain
  • Overlook at the Park
    Overlook at the Park

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References

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  1. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 214.
  2. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 38.
  3. ^ "Home". droopmountainbattlefield.com.
  4. ^ "Home". wvra.org.
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