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Horseshoe Run (Cheat River tributary)

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Coordinates: 39°09′08″N 79°39′41″W / 39.15222°N 79.66139°W / 39.15222; -79.66139
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Horseshoe Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the Cheat River.

Horseshoe Run was so named because it enters the Cheat at Horseshoe Bend, a horseshoe-shaped meander in the river.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horseshoe Run (Cheat 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. 314.

39°09′08″N 79°39′41″W / 39.15222°N 79.66139°W / 39.15222; -79.66139


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