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Pinch Creek (Elk River tributary)

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Pinch Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the Elk River.

The creek, originally called Pinch Gut Creek, was so named on account of there being little food available to pioneers.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinch Creek (Elk River tributary)
  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. 489.

38°24′58″N 81°29′34″W / 38.41611°N 81.49278°W / 38.41611; -81.49278


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