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Delray is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Delray is located in the North River Valley along Delray Road between Sedan and Rio. According to the 2000 census, the Delray community has a population of 151.
Kirby is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia situated along Grassy Lick Run, a tributary of North River. Kirby is located south of Romney at the crossroads of Grassy Lick Road and Rock Oak Road.
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.
Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located on 10,675 acres (43.20 km2) south of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia. The wildlife management area's principle access road is off Grassy Lick Road. Nathaniel Mountain is owned by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR), and is one of West Virginia's largest wildlife management areas. The WMA was expanded in November 2003 after the WVDNR purchased 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) from the MeadWestvaco Corporation.
Bedington is an unincorporated community on Hoke Run, near its confluence with Opequon Creek, in Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is located east of Hainesville on County Route 5. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Bedington has also been known as Beddington, Bedenton, and The Lick.
Big Run is a 4.4-mile-long (7.1 km) tributary stream of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. Big Run flows through the city of Romney and the campus of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Hampshire County, West Virginia. The stream is known by local residents as Town Run and Town Creek.
Grassy Lick Run is a 7.1-mile-long (11.4 km) tributary stream of the North River, itself a tributary of the Cacapon River, making it a part of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. Grassy Lick Run flows south through the community of Kirby.
Kettle Creek is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km) tributary stream of the South Fork South Branch Potomac River in Hardy and Pendleton counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Kettle Creek rises on Mitchell Knob and flows north along the eastern flanks of Sweedlin Hill through Sweedlin Valley in the George Washington National Forest.
Lick Run is a Pennsylvania Scenic River, so designated on December 17, 1982. Along with West Branch Lick Run, Robbins Run, Campbell Run, Staver Run, and Craig Fork, the designated scenic river encompasses 22.95 river miles. The streams are located in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
Paw Paw Creek is a 14.4-mile-long (23.2 km) tributary of the Monongahela River in West Virginia.
Panther Lick is a hollow located near Grant Town, West Virginia, United States. Approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in length, the hollow runs from the Paw Paw Creek Valley in Grant Town to the Little Paw Paw Creek valley near McCurdysville. The valley is drained by Panther Lick Run, emptying into Paw Paw Creek.
Clover Lick is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Clover Lick is located along the Greenbrier River 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Marlinton. The community is home to the Clover Lick Train Depot, which sits along the Greenbrier River Trail at Milepost 71.2. Clover Lick was founded in the early 1900s as a place to board trains traveling along the Greenbrier River.
Lick Creek is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Lick Creek is located near the west bank of the New River, 21 miles (34 km) south of Hinton.
Lick Run Plantation is a historic home and related outbuildings located at Bedington, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The complex consists of a two-story stone dwelling, stone kitchen, and stone barn and corn crib. They were built after Peter Light purchased the property in 1770. Also on the property are a log house built before 1770, and the stone Bedinger Mill. The mill building was built about 1816.
Lorton Lick is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Lorton Lick is located on West Virginia Route 71 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-southeast of Montcalm.
The North River is a tributary of the Cacapon River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. The river is located in Hampshire and Hardy counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The mouth of the North River into the Cacapon is located at Forks of Cacapon. From its headwaters to its mouth, the North River spans 52.4 miles (84.3 km) in length.
The Lost River is a 31.1-mile-long (50.1 km) river in the Appalachian Mountains of Hardy County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region. The Lost River is geologically the same river as the Cacapon River: It flows into an underground channel northeast of McCauley along West Virginia Route 259 at "the Sinks" and reappears near Wardensville as the Cacapon. The source of the Lost River lies south of Mathias near the West Virginia/Virginia border. Along with the Cacapon and North rivers, the Lost River serves as one of the three main segments of the Cacapon River and its watershed.
Bone Lick was an unincorporated community located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Bone Lick had a Post Office in 1935.
Lick Fork is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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