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Frozen Run (West Virginia)

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Frozen Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Frozen Run was named for an incident when an early settler froze while sleeping near the stream.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frozen Run (West Virginia)
  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. 256.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 55.