Droop is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Pocahontas County,

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

, United States, in the

Greenbrier River The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River (Kanawha River), New River, long,McNeel, William P. "Greenbrier River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. . in ...

Valley. The community takes its name from nearby

Droop Mountain Droop Mountain is a small mountain in the Allegheny Mountains on the border of Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties in southeastern West Virginia. It was the scene of one of West Virginia's most important battles during the American Civil War&mdash ...

. The area lends its name to

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park is a state park located on Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The park was the site of the Battle of Droop Mountain, the last major battle of the American Civil War in the state taking pla ...

, site of West Virginia's last significant Civil War battle. The

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government unemployment, work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was ...

(CCC) constructed the park's trails and buildings in the 1930s, as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's

New Deal The New Deal was a series of wide-reaching economic, social, and political reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938, in response to the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depressi ...

legislation. Today, a small museum on the park grounds houses Civil War artifacts and discusses the park's CCC history. Bi-annually, the West Virginia Reenactors Association reenacts the Droop Mountain battle. Image:Droop1.jpg, Snowy Day at Droop Mountain Image:Droop_Park_Overlook.jpg, Overlook at the Park

Places of interest

* The Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Civil War History * Beartown State Park * Hiking Trails at Both State Parks * The nearby town of

Hillsboro, West Virginia Hillsboro is a town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 232 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Hillsboro was named for pioneer John (Richard) Hill, from N ...

* The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace

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Unincorporated communities in Pocahontas County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War {{PocahontasCountyWV-geo-stub