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Toms Run (New River tributary)

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Coordinates: 37°32′24″N 80°54′15″W / 37.54000°N 80.90417°W / 37.54000; -80.90417
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Toms Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the New River.

Toms Run was named from an incident when a settler named Thomas drowned in its waters.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toms Run (New 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. 628.

37°32′24″N 80°54′15″W / 37.54000°N 80.90417°W / 37.54000; -80.90417


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