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Cow Run (West Virginia)

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Coordinates: 39°09′30″N 81°12′11″W / 39.15833°N 81.20306°W / 39.15833; -81.20306
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Cow Run is a stream located entirely within Ritchie County, West Virginia.[1]

Cow Run was so named by Native Americans after the buffalo.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cow Run (West Virginia)
  2. ^ Cox, William J. (Feb 22, 1979). "County placenames among most colorful, imaginative in country". The Pennsboro News. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

39°09′30″N 81°12′11″W / 39.15833°N 81.20306°W / 39.15833; -81.20306


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