Pennsylvania Gazetteer
Negro Mountain is a physical feature (range) in Somerset County. The primary coordinates for Negro Mountain places it within the PA 15565 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Negro Mountain |
| Category: | Pennsylvania physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Range |
| Description: | Located between Meadow Mountain and Winding Ridge in Garrett County, MD and Somerset County, PA; extends NE from Deep Creek Lake, MD to 2 mi. NE of the Casselman River in PA; NE end at 395416N 0790428W, SW end at 393232N 0791959W. |
| History: | Reportedly named for a brave servant of Colonel Thomas Cresap, a pre-Revolutionary frontiersman whose party fought a group of Indians in a territorial battle; the servant died in battle. A proposal to change the name Negro Mountain to Black Hero Mountain was submitted in March 1992; the U.S. BGN rejected the proposal on 8 September 1994, siding with local and State government agencies who were against changing a longstanding name which was intended to honor a local individual. |
| County: | Somerset County |
| Latitude: | 39.7861908 |
| Longitude: | -79.1766964 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Negro Mountain: Negro Mountain.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Negro Mountain does not include property ownership information.
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Salisbury, PA
(5.6 miles ESE) Grantsville, MD (6.4 miles SSE) Casselman, PA (7.1 miles NNW) Garrett, PA (8.2 miles NE) Meyersdale, PA (8.3 miles ENE) |
Ursina, PA
(8.3 miles WNW) Addison, PA (9.1 miles WSW) Rockwood, PA (9.1 miles N) Jennings, MD (9.7 miles S) Confluence, PA (9.8 miles W) |
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Savage, PA
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Niverton, PA
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