Sleepy Creek, West Virginia
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Sleepy Creek is an unincorporated community in Morgan County
, West Virginia
on the Potomac River
at the mouth of Sleepy Creek
. By 1860, Sleepy Creek had a post office and functioned as an important station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
.
Sleepy Creek is located along River Road (WV Secondary Route 1) east of Hancock
and is accessible from Cherry Run
to its east by way of Householder Road (WV Secondary Route 10).
Morgan County, West Virginia
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, it's population was 17,541. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county is one of three in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
on the Potomac River
Potomac River
The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...
at the mouth of Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. Sleepy Creek's source lies near the Hampshire County, West Virginia border at Good, north of State Route 127 in Frederick County, Virginia...
. By 1860, Sleepy Creek had a post office and functioned as an important station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
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Sleepy Creek is located along River Road (WV Secondary Route 1) east of Hancock
Hancock, West Virginia
Hancock is an unincorporated hamlet in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. It is located off of Hancock Road on River Road along the Potomac River north of Berkeley Springs...
and is accessible from Cherry Run
Cherry Run, West Virginia
Cherry Run is a small unincorporated hamlet located along the CSX Transportation mainline on the Potomac River in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community is named for the stream, Cherry Run, that meets the Potomac in its vicinity...
to its east by way of Householder Road (WV Secondary Route 10).