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.
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) |
Savage, PA
(1.9 miles WSW) Compton, PA (3.4 miles ESE) Laurel Falls, PA (3.6 miles NE) Saint Paul, PA (3.9 miles E) Springs, PA (3.9 miles SSE) |
Niverton, PA
(4.5 miles SSE) Sylvan Lane, PA (4.5 miles SE) West Salisbury, PA (4.9 miles ESE) Coal Run, PA (5.1 miles E) Pinkerton, PA (5.3 miles NW) |