Hunter Fork

Hunter Fork is a creek in Barbour County, West Virginia. It is a tributary of Sugar Creek, which flows into the Tygart Valley River.[1]

Hunter Fork was so named on account of it being an area in which game is hunted.[2]

A historic school named Hunter Fork School is built on the bank of Hunter Fork in Barbour County.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hunter 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. 318.

39°04′23″N 79°54′53″W / 39.07306°N 79.91472°W / 39.07306; -79.91472

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