Mill Point Federal Prison

Mill Point Federal Prison
Location	Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°11′24″N 80°15′46″W / 38.19000°N 80.26278°W / 38.19000; -80.26278Coordinates: 38°11′24″N 80°15′46″W / 38.19000°N 80.26278°W / 38.19000; -80.26278
Status	Closed
Security class	Minimum security
Opened	1938
Closed	1959
Managed by	Federal Bureau of Prisons

Mill Point Federal Prison was a minimum United States federal prison camp located west of Mill Point in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built on a plot in Monongahela National Forest adjacent to the Cranberry Glades. In operation from 1938 to 1959, all buildings were demolished after its closure.^[1]

Notable inmates

Howard Fast, novelist^[2]

References

↑ Crockett, Maureen. "Mill Point Prison Camp". West Virginia Encyclopedia. West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
↑ Burnsworth, Jodi (March 9, 2012). "The Forgotten Prison on Kennison Mountain - Part 3 of 4". The Inter-Mountain (Elkins, West Virginia). Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.

Monongahela National Forest

National Recreation Areas	Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

Wilderness areas	Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains West Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness

Mountains and summits	Allegheny Front Allegheny Mountain Back Allegheny Mountain Backbone Mountain Barton Knob Bickle Knob Champe Rocks Cheat Mountain Gaudineer Knob Mount Porte Crayon North Fork Mountain River Knobs Seneca Rocks Shavers Mountain Spruce Knob Spruce Mountain

Rivers and creeks	Black Fork Blackwater River Cheat River Cranberry River Dry Fork Elk River Gauley River Glady Fork Greenbrier River Laurel Fork Seneca Creek South Branch Potomac River Shavers Fork Tygart Valley River Williams River

Canyons and valleys	Blackwater Canyon Canaan Valley Germany Valley Smoke Hole Canyon

Lakes and bogs	Lake Sherwood Spruce Knob Lake Summit Lake Cranberry Glades

Observation towers	Bickle Knob Olson Tower

Other features	Bear Rocks Preserve Camp Allegheny Cheat Summit Fort Fernow Experimental Forest Gaudineer Scenic Area Highland Scenic Highway Mill Point Federal Prison Sinks of Gandy

US Forest Service

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