Strange Creek | |
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Coordinates: 38°33′47″N80°53′52″W / 38.56306°N 80.89778°W Coordinates: 38°33′47″N80°53′52″W / 38.56306°N 80.89778°W | |
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County | Braxton |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1555727 [1] |
Strange Creek is an unincorporated community along Route 4 in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, near the border with Clay County. It lies along the bank of the Elk River. The community takes its name from nearby Strange Creek. [2]
Opequon Creek is a 64.4-mile-long (103.6 km) tributary stream of the Potomac River. It flows into the Potomac northeast of Martinsburg in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and its source lies northwest of the community of Opequon at the foot of Great North Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia. The Opequon forms part of the boundary between Frederick and Clarke counties in Virginia and also partially forms the boundary between Berkeley and Jefferson counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.
Back Creek is a 59.5-mile-long (95.8 km) tributary of the Potomac River that flows north from Frederick County, Virginia, to Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Back Creek originates along Frederick County's border with Hampshire County, West Virginia, at Farmer's Gap in the Great North Mountain. Its name reflects its location to the west of North Mountain. The perspective of colonists from the east in the 18th century led them to call it "Back Creek", because it lay to the back of North Mountain.
Odd is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Tommy Creek.
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.
Elk City is an unincorporated community in Barbour County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Elk City lies along West Virginia Route 57.
Bream is an unincorporated community along Indian Creek Rd in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It is the first community after State Route 114 turns across the Elk River to Big Chimney. Bream is located between Milliken and Pinch, and is usually omitted from the map, because of its size.
Quick is a small unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Indian Creek Road. The community is where Whitoak Fork and Blue Creek come together and meet. It is also where the abandoned railroad that follows Blue Creek joins the road, and follows it all the way to the community of Hitop, along Pond Fork. Its post office is closed.
Belva is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in west Nicholas County and north Fayette County, West Virginia, United States; while the CDP only includes the Nicholas County portion, the Fayette County portion is considered part of the community. The town is situated at the bottomland surrounding the convergence of Bells Creek with Twentymile Creek and, subsequently, Twenty Mile Creek with the Gauley River. Belva is also the location of the convergence of two state highways: West Virginia Route 16 and West Virginia Route 39.
Lockwood is an unincorporated community in western Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The town is situated along Otter Creek and West Virginia Route 39.
Dry Branch is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Dry Branch is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of East Bank, along Cabin Creek. Dry Branch has a post office with ZIP code 25061.
Falling Rock is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Falling Rock is located at the confluence of Falling Rock Creek with the Elk River 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Clendenin along US Route 19. Falling Rock has a post office with ZIP code 25079.
Lorado is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lorado is 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Man, along Buffalo Creek. Lorado has a post office with ZIP code 25630.
Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Wilkinson is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Logan. Wilkinson has a post office with ZIP code 25653.
Pie is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Pie is located on U.S. Route 52 along Pigeon Creek; the community lies along the road for 3 miles (4.8 km), from Horsepen Mountain to Grants Branch. According to Pie's 1933 postmaster, the community was named for Leander Blankenship, a resident "who really like[d] pie, regardless of kind".
Liverpool is an unincorporated community in Jackson and Roane counties, West Virginia, United States. Liverpool is located along the Right Fork Sandy Creek at the junction of Jackson County Route 13 and Roane County Route 1, 5.7 miles (9.2 km) west of Reedy Liverpool had a post office, which closed on May 30, 1989. The community was named after Liverpool, in England.
Micco is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Micco is located along Island Creek and West Virginia Route 44 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Logan.
Joplin is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It is likely named after an early white settler in Kanawha County, James Jopling. In the early 19th century, Jopling purchased land alongside the creek later called Joplin Branch, a tributary of the Kanawha River. Many of Jopling's children and grandchildren lived along the creek near the family patriarch, and gave the community its name. James Jopling was described as "a man of powerful frame, and loved adventure. He was a noted trapper, hunter, and Indian fighter, and delighted in relating his narrow escapes and wonderful feats in woods life." Jopling also reportedly killed the last elk in the region, nearby on the Elk River.
Laing is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along Cabin Creek.
Ward is an unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed. Ward is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Cedar Grove, along Kellys Creek.
Quarrier is an unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along Cabin Creek.
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