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

Pipestem Creek was named for the fact early settlers fashioned pipe stems from a plant which grew along the creek's banks.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pipestem Creek
  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. 492.

37°36′36″N 80°55′00″W / 37.61000°N 80.91667°W / 37.61000; -80.91667



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