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Whiteman Fork

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Coordinates: 38°29′35″N 81°32′02″W / 38.49306°N 81.53389°W / 38.49306; -81.53389
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Whiteman Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Whiteman Fork was named from an incident when a white man was killed who was masquerading as an Indian.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whiteman Fork
  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. 677.

38°29′35″N 81°32′02″W / 38.49306°N 81.53389°W / 38.49306; -81.53389


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