Carroll Branch

Carroll Branch is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Carroll Branch was named after the local Carroll family which fled an Indian attack in 1789.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carroll Branch
  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. 157.


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