Tomahawk, West Virginia

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Tomahawk (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°31′49″N78°02′49″W / 39.53028°N 78.04694°W / 39.53028; -78.04694
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Berkeley
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466 ft (142 m)
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GNIS feature ID1555816 [1]

Tomahawk is an unincorporated community on Back Creek in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. [1] The community is named for a nearby series of springs in the shape of a tomahawk. [2] The community includes the historic Tomahawk Presbyterian Church, established c. 1745, and its adjacent community cemetery, which has gravestones dating to the late 18th century. Tomahawk also has a popular dirt bike racetrack. The community lies 9.5 miles from Martinsburg.

Tomahawk Spring and the Park's Gap Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tomahawk, West Virginia
  2. 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. 628.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.