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Roundtop

Ghost town · Morgan County, West Virginia

Hancock quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1899, 1:62,500)
Hancock quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1899, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Roundtop is a ghost town in Morgan County, West Virginia. It is the only former community in Morgan County recorded on the federal names register, out of 349 across West Virginia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Roundtop as a historical populated place on the Hancock topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.6737° N, 78.2306° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHancock
Elevation429 ft
Nearest living townBath (Berkeley Springs), WV
Distance to it3.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1557978
Coordinates39.67370, -78.23056

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What's there now

Roundtop is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV (population 899), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 429 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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