page_title: Mountain Parkway Byway
section_title: Hacker Valley
hierarchical_section_title: Mountain Parkway Byway / Mountain Parkway Byway / Hacker Valley
caption_attribution_description: English: Sign for Hacker Valley, West Virginia.
context_page_description: The Mountain Parkway Byway and Mountain Parkway Backway are two routes in northern Webster County, West Virginia. The Byway is a state-designated scenic byway which follows West Virginia Route 20 for 9.8 miles, traversing the headwaters of several mountain streams including the Right Fork Little Kanawha River, Jerry Run, and the Left and Laurel Forks of Holly River. The Backway explores backroads in the same area, is 32 miles long, and follows stretches of the Right Fork Little Kanawha River and Left Fork Holly River for portions of its route.
context_section_description: The village of Hacker Valley was named in honor of John Hacker. Hacker reportedly took possession of a tract of land nearby by "tomahawk mark" around 1772. A post office operated from 1856-1892 as Hacker's Valley.
caption: Hacker Valley sign
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