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Coordinates: 38°57′17″N 80°29′44″W / 38.95472°N 80.49556°W / 38.95472; -80.49556
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Carrion Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Carrion Run was named for an incident when the decaying bodies of skinned deer were left near the creek.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carrion 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.

38°57′17″N 80°29′44″W / 38.95472°N 80.49556°W / 38.95472; -80.49556


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