Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia

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Clifftop, Fayette County,
West Virginia
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Coordinates: 38°0′15″N80°56′38″W / 38.00417°N 80.94389°W / 38.00417; -80.94389
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Fayette
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

Clifftop is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. [1]

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It is the home of historic Camp Washington-Carver Complex, which hosts the Appalachian String Band Music Festival the first weekend in August. This community is also home of Babcock State Park.

Notes

  1. "Clifftop, West Virginia". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.


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