Rum Creek (West Virginia)

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Coordinates: 37°48′48″N 81°56′12″W / 37.81333°N 81.93667°W / 37.81333; -81.93667
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Rum Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Rum Creek was named for an incident when a barrel of rum spilled in its waters.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rum 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. 543.

37°48′48″N 81°56′12″W / 37.81333°N 81.93667°W / 37.81333; -81.93667


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