Alum Creek (Coal River tributary)

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Alum Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1] It is a tributary of Coal River. The creek was named for an alum deposit along its course. [2] [3]

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  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alum Creek (Coal River tributary)
  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. 78.
  3. ↑ Coordination, Geological Survey (U S. ) Office of Water Data (1979). Catalog of Information on Water Data: Index to water-data activities in coal provinces of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Office of Water Data Coordination.

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