Frog Creek (West Virginia)

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Frog Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1]

Frog Creek derives its name from a pioneer settler named Frogg. [2] It was once the hub of a saw mill and lumber logging operation that included a railroad called the Frogg Creek Railroad that extended from Froggs Creek to the river port of Plymouth WV

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frog 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. 255.

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