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Alum Creek (Coal River tributary)

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Coordinates: 38°17′04″N 81°48′15″W / 38.28444°N 81.80417°W / 38.28444; -81.80417
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Alum Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of Coal River.

Alum Creek was so named for an alum deposit along its course.[2]

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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alum Creek (Coal River tributary)
  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. 78.

38°17′04″N 81°48′15″W / 38.28444°N 81.80417°W / 38.28444; -81.80417


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