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Silver Creek (West Virginia)

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Coordinates: 37°53′57″N 82°26′13″W / 37.89917°N 82.43694°W / 37.89917; -82.43694
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Silver Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

According to tradition, Silver Creek was named for the fact Indigenous peoples unearthed deposits of silver ore near the creek.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Creek (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. 577.

37°53′57″N 82°26′13″W / 37.89917°N 82.43694°W / 37.89917; -82.43694


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