Silver Creek is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in the
U.S. state of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
.
According to tradition, Silver Creek was named for the fact Indigenous peoples unearthed deposits of silver ore near the creek.
See also
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List of rivers of West Virginia
References
Rivers of Wayne County, West Virginia
Rivers of West Virginia
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