Rum Creek (West Virginia)

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

Rum Creek was named for an incident when a barrel of rum spilled in its waters. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rum 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. 543.

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