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Turtle Creek (West Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°04′54″N 81°50′15″W / 38.08167°N 81.83750°W / 38.08167; -81.83750
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Turtle Creek is a stream in Boone County, West Virginia, in the United States.[1]

Turtle Creek was so named from rock formations in the shape of turtle which occur on the river bed.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turtle Creek (West Virginia)
  2. ^ Chisholm, James L.; Downs, Sanford C. (1978). Stress and Recovery of Aquatic Organisms as Related to Highway Construction Along Turtle Creek, Boone County, West Virginia: Prepared in Cooperation with the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2.

38°04′54″N 81°50′15″W / 38.08167°N 81.83750°W / 38.08167; -81.83750