Whitestick Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] The stream is a tributary of Piney Creek which it joins just south of the city of Beckley.[2]

Whitestick most likely is a name derived from an unidentified Native American language.[3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitestick Creek
  2. ^ Beckley, West Virginia USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1969
  3. ^ 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. 678.

37°45′22″N 81°10′09″W / 37.75611°N 81.16917°W / 37.75611; -81.16917