Horseshoe Run (Cheat River)

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Horseshoe Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1] It is a tributary of the Cheat River.

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Horseshoe Run was so named on account of the fact that it enters the Cheat at Horseshoe Bend, a horseshoe-shaped meander in the river. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horseshoe Run (Cheat River)
  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. 314.


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