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Carpenter Run

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Coordinates: 39°21′34″N 81°24′06″W / 39.35944°N 81.40167°W / 39.35944; -81.40167
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Carpenter Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

The creek has the name of Nicholas Carpenter who was ambushed by Indians near the site in 1791.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carpenter Run
  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. 156.

39°21′34″N 81°24′06″W / 39.35944°N 81.40167°W / 39.35944; -81.40167


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