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Gunstock Knob is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States.^[1] With an elevation of 1,270 feet (390 m), Gunstock Knob is the 827th highest summit in the state of West Virginia.^[2]

Gunstock Knob was named for the fact an early settler fashioned a gun stock from the wood of a tree taken from the summit.^[3]

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gunstock Knob
^ "Gunstock Knob". Peakery.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 287.

38°32′51″N 81°29′58″W / 38.5475945°N 81.4995678°W / 38.5475945; -81.4995678

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gunstock Knob

[2] "Gunstock Knob". Peakery.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

[3] Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 287.

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