Marrowbone Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Marrowbone Creek was named for an incident when hungry pioneers near the creek ate bone marrow from a buffalo carcass.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marrowbone Creek (West Virginia)
  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. pp. 403–404.

37°51′19″N 82°24′54″W / 37.85528°N 82.41500°W / 37.85528; -82.41500



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