Elkhorn Creek (Tug Fork)

Elkhorn Creek
River
Country United States
State West Virginia
County McDowell, Mercer
Tributaries
 - right North Fork Elkhorn Creek
Source Coaldale Mountain
 - location Mercer County, West Virginia
 - elevation 2,674 ft (815 m) [1]
 - coordinates 37°20′50″N 81°20′20″W / 37.34722°N 81.33889°W / 37.34722; -81.33889 [2]
Mouth Tug Fork
 - location Welch, West Virginia
 - elevation 1,296 ft (395 m) [2]
 - coordinates 37°25′49″N 81°35′10″W / 37.43028°N 81.58611°W / 37.43028; -81.58611Coordinates: 37°25′49″N 81°35′10″W / 37.43028°N 81.58611°W / 37.43028; -81.58611 [2]

Elkhorn Creek is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km)[3] tributary of the Tug Fork, belonging to the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds. It is located in McDowell and Mercer counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Elkhorn Creek is also known as Elkhorn Fork and Elkhorn River.

According to tradition, Elkhorn Creek was named after an incident when a pioneer hunter displayed an elk's horn near the creek's mouth.[4]

Tributaries

Tributary streams are listed from source to mouth.

List of cities and towns along Elkhorn Creek

See also

References

  1. "Elkhorn Creek Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elkhorn Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2004-04-24.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
  4. 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. 225.
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