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
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hunter Fork
- ^ 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