Keeney Knob

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Keeney's Knob
Highest point
Elevation 3,921 ft (1,195 m) [1]
Coordinates 37°46′24″N80°42′19″W / 37.7734531°N 80.7053608°W / 37.7734531; -80.7053608 Coordinates: 37°46′24″N80°42′19″W / 37.7734531°N 80.7053608°W / 37.7734531; -80.7053608 [1]
Geography
Location Summers County, West Virginia, U.S.
Parent range Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Topo map USGS Dawson

Keeney's Knob is a mountain of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Summers County, West Virginia. It is the highest point in Summers County. [2] The mountain is the site of the WVNS-TV transmitter. The city nearest to Keeney's Knob is Alderson.

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from southeastern New York through northwestern New Jersey, westward into Pennsylvania and southward into Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. They form a broad arc between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Plateau physiographic province. They are characterized by long, even ridges, with long, continuous valleys in between.

Summers County, West Virginia County in the United States

Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,927. Its county seat is Hinton. The county was created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature on February 27, 1871 from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe counties and named in honor of George W. Summers (1804-68).

West Virginia State of the United States of America

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States that is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

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