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Elkwater is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Elkwater is located on U.S. Route 219 and West Virginia Route 55 along the Tygart Valley River, Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of Huttonsville.[1]

The community takes its name from nearby Elkwater Fork creek.[2]

History

A Union artillery fortification known as Camp Elkwater was built at Elkwater Fork in the summer of 1861 in what was then western Virginia. 3,000 Federal troops under General Joseph J. Reynolds were sent in September 1861 to repel the forces of General Robert E Lee in the wake of the Battle of Cheat Mountain.[3]

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  3. "Forgotten Fortification Saved at Elkwater", Intermountain News, 16 May 2009, cited at Rich Mountain Battlefield Association, retrieved 13 Jan 2020