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Griffith Creek, West Virginia

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Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
Griffith Creek, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°43′39″N 80°40′35″W / 37.72750°N 80.67639°W / 37.72750; -80.67639
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountySummers
Elevation1,555 ft (474 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1556919

Griffith Creek is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Griffith Creek is located along the Greenbrier River and West Virginia routes 3 and 12, west of Alderson.

History

Griffith Creek was named for an early settler who had been abducted as a child by Indians, and whose father had been killed by Indians.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Griffith Creek, West Virginia
  2. Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. pp. 354.
Municipalities and communities of Summers County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Hinton
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Summers County map
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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