Whitestick Creek Explained

Whitestick Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The stream is a tributary of Piney Creek which it joins just south of the city of Beckley.[1]

Whitestick most likely is a name derived from an unidentified Native American language.[2]

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37.7561°N -81.1692°W

Notes and References

  1. Beckley, West Virginia USGS Topographic Quadrangle, 1969
  2. 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. 678.