Capon Bridge, West Virginia

Capon Bridge, West Virginia
Town
Northwestern Pike (US 50) in Capon Bridge
Location of Capon Bridge in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°18′00″N 78°26′03″W / 39.30000°N 78.43417°W / 39.30000; -78.43417
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Hampshire
Government
• Mayor	Laura Turne[citation needed]
Area [1]
• Total	0.73 sq mi (1.90 km2)
• Land	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2)
Elevation [2]	804 ft (245 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	418
• Estimate  (2021)[3]	425
• Density	517.68/sq mi (199.88/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	26711
Area code	304
FIPS code	54-13108[4]
GNIS feature ID	2390769[2]
Website	townofcaponbridge.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Capon Bridge is a town in eastern Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50), approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Winchester, Virginia. The population was 418 at the 2020 census.^[3] Originally known as "Glencoe", Capon Bridge was incorporated in 1902 by the Hampshire County Circuit Court. It is named because of the construction of the bridge over the Cacapon River at that place, the name of the river being derived from the Shawnee Cape-cape-de-hon, meaning "river of medicine water".