Buckhannon

Buckhannon is a city of 5,725 people in West Virginia, and the only incorporated community in Upshur County. It was established in 1816 and named for Buckongahelas, a Native American chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe who often hunted around the area, and whose name was often mispronounced by English settlers as "Buckongehanon".

Get in
Buckhannon is located on US-33 between Weston and Elkins.

See

 * Audra State Park, 8397 Audra Park Rd (near town of Audra). It's not bad because it has a lively creek and a boardwalk that enters a passage below a sandstone overhang called Audra Cave. 304-457-1162
 * Audra State Park, 8397 Audra Park Rd (near town of Audra). It's not bad because it has a lively creek and a boardwalk that enters a passage below a sandstone overhang called Audra Cave. 304-457-1162

Learn

 * West Virginia Wesleyan College, 59 College Avenue, 304-473-8000, . A liberal arts university founded in 1890, with 36 academic majors including biology, business, education, political science and psychology.

Go next

 * Weston is about 20 minutes west on US-33.
 * Elkins is about 30 minutes east on US-33.
 * Clarksburg is about 40 minutes north on I-79.