Misplaced Pages

Silver Creek (West Virginia)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Stream in West Virginia, U.S.

Silver Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

According to tradition, Silver Creek was named for the fact Indigenous peoples unearthed deposits of silver ore near the creek.

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Creek (West Virginia)
  2. 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. 577.

37°53′57″N 82°26′13″W / 37.89917°N 82.43694°W / 37.89917; -82.43694


This article related to a river in West Virginia is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: