Russell Fork Explained

Russell Fork
Source1 Location:Virginia
Mouth Location:Kentucky
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States

The Russell Fork[1] is a 51.9adj=midNaNadj=mid[2] tributary of the Levisa Fork in southwestern Virginia and southeastern Kentucky in the United States. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia, in southern Buchanan County at the base of Big A Mountain, and flows northwest into Dickenson County. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of Haysi, Virginia, the Breaks Interstate Park, and the town of Elkhorn City, Kentucky, in Pike County, to the community of Millard, Kentucky where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the Tug Fork, form the Big Sandy River.

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37.4068°N -82.4402°W

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  1. , 1975 Board on Geographic Names decision
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011