Caesar Mountain

mountain 38.1470629°N 80.2609062°W / 38.1470629; -80.2609062 Caesar Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 3,323 feet (1,013 m), Caesar Mountain is the 232nd highest summit in the state of West Virginia.[2]

According to tradition, the summit was named after Caesar, the slave of an early settler.[3]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caesar Mountain
  2. "Caesar Mountain". Peakery.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. 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. 147.


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