Rush Run (New River tributary)

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Coordinates: 37°58′03″N 81°04′34″W / 37.96750°N 81.07611°W / 37.96750; -81.07611
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Rush Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the New River.

Rushing water during floods accounts for the name, according to local history.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rush Run (New 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. 544.

37°58′03″N 81°04′34″W / 37.96750°N 81.07611°W / 37.96750; -81.07611


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