Lake Sherwood is a 164-acre (0.66 km2) reservoir located within the Lake Sherwood Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA. The recreation area surrounding Lake Sherwood contains camping and picnicking facilities as well as a boating site and a beach for swimmers. The lake is located on the now defunct community of Columbia Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and covers most of the farmland of William Rider and Jane Dixon Rider who settled the land in approximately 1790.
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