Negro Run (West Virginia)

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

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According to one account, Negro Run was so named when a black woman gave birth while camped along its banks. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negro Run (West Virginia)
  2. Bibbee, Fannie Roush (1928). "History Of Leachtown, West Va". West Virginia Archives & History. Archived from the original on April 15, 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

Coordinates: 39°08′21″N81°26′17″W / 39.13924°N 81.43818°W / 39.13924; -81.43818