Mingo Run

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Mingo Run is a stream in Randolph County, West Virginia, in the United States. [1]

Mingo Run was so named on account of it being a favorite camping ground of the Mingo Indians. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mingo Run
  2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  209.

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