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The Morgan Morgan Monument, also known as Morgan Park, is a 1.05-acre (0.4 ha) roadside park in the unincorporated town of Bunker Hill in Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is located along Winchester Avenue and Mill Creek. The park features a granite monument that was erected in 1924 to memorialize Morgan Morgan (1688–1766), an American pioneer of Welsh descent, who was among the earliest European persons to settle permanently within the present-day boundaries of West Virginia.
References
- ↑ United States Geological Survey (USGS). Feature Detail Report for: Belmont. 28 Sept 1979.
- ↑ "Belmont Baptist Church site". Archived from the original on April 15, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Belmont Ruritan Club". Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ↑ Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Management Facebook page
- ↑ Belmont Voting District boundary
- ↑ Ann L. Miller (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orange Springs" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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