Elkhorn Creek (Tug Fork tributary) explained

Elkhorn Creek
Map Size:	300
Pushpin Map Size:	300
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	West Virginia
Subdivision Type3:	County
Subdivision Name3:	McDowell, Mercer
Source1:	Coaldale Mountain
Source1 Location:	Mercer County, West Virginia
Source1 Coordinates:	37.3472°N -81.3389°W^[1]
Source1 Elevation:	2674feet^[2]
Mouth:	Tug Fork
Mouth Location:	Welch, West Virginia
Mouth Coordinates:	37.4303°N -81.5861°W
Mouth Elevation:	1296feet
Tributaries Right:	North Fork Elkhorn Creek

Elkhorn Creek is a 23.7adj=midNaNadj=mid^[3] tributary of the Tug Fork, belonging to the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds. It is located in McDowell and Mercer counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. 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.^[4]

Tributaries

Tributary streams are listed from source 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
• Maybeury
• Northfork
• Powhatan
• Superior
• Switchback
• Upland
• Vivian
• Welch

See also

• List of West Virginia rivers

Notes and References

1. 1538644. Elkhorn Creek. 2004-04-24.
2. Web site: Elkhorn Creek Source . Elevation Query . 2008-04-24 . .
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
4. Book: Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. 1945. The Place Name Press. Piedmont, WV. 225.