Buffalo Bull Knob
38°30′53.4″N 80°23′16.3″W / 38.514833°N 80.387861°W / 38.514833; -80.387861 Allegheny Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Ridge-and-Valley
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Buffalo Bull Knob is a summit in Webster County, West Virginia, near Webster Springs.[1] With an elevation of 2,799 feet (853 m), Buffalo Bull Knob is the 445th highest summit in the state of West Virginia.[2]
The summit's name recalls an incident when one of the last wild buffaloes in the area was killed by a hunter near its base.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Bull Knob
- ^ "Buffalo Bull Knob". Peakery.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ 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. 137.
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