Elkhorn Creek is a
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, accessed June 13, 2011 tributary
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of the
Tug Fork
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, belonging to the
Ohio River and
Mississippi River
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watersheds. It is located in
McDowell and
Mercer
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counties in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
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. Elkhorn Creek is also known as Elkhorn Fork and Elkhorn River.
According to tradition, Elkhorn Creek was named after an incident when a pioneer hunter displayed an elk's horn near the creek's mouth.
Tributaries
Tributary
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streams are listed from
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to
mouth.
*Angle Hollow
*Turkey Gap Branch
*Johns Knob Branch
*Lick Branch
*Trace Branch
*North Fork Elkhorn Creek
**Bearwallow Branch
**Buzzard Branch
*Burk Creek
*Clark Branch
*Coalbank Branch
*Big Branch
*Bottom Creek
*Rockhouse Branch
*Laurel Branch
*Upper Belcher Branch
*Lick Branch
*Meetinghouse Branch
*Mill Creek
List of cities and towns along Elkhorn Creek
*
Big Four
*
Bottom Creek
*
Eckman
*
Elkhorn
*
Ennis
*
Keystone
*
Kimball
*
Kyle
*
Landgraff
*
Maitland
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*
Maybeury
*
Northfork
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*
Powhatan
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*
Superior
*
Switchback
*
Upland
*
Vivian
*
Welch
See also
*
List of West Virginia rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exc ...
References
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Rivers of West Virginia
Rivers of McDowell County, West Virginia
Rivers of Mercer County, West Virginia