Trigger Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Trigger Run was named from an incident when an early settler's gun trigger malfunctioned.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trigger Run
  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. 631.

37°23′40″N 80°47′03″W / 37.39444°N 80.78417°W / 37.39444; -80.78417