Sleepy Creek, West Virginia

Sleepy Creek
Unincorporated community
River Road (County Route 1) eastbound in Sleepy Creek
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Coordinates: 39°40′1″N78°4′57″W / 39.66694°N 78.08250°W / 39.66694; -78.08250
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Morgan
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1555645 [1]

Sleepy Creek is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia on the Potomac River at the mouth of Sleepy Creek. By 1860, Sleepy Creek had a post office and functioned as an important station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Sleepy Creek is located along River Road (Morgan County Route 1) east of Hancock and is accessible from Cherry Run to its east by way of Householder Road (County Route 10).

The community was named after nearby Sleepy Creek. ^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sleepy 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. 586.