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Frozen Run (West Virginia)

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Stream in West Virginia, U.S.

Frozen Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Frozen Run was named for an incident when an early settler nearly froze while sleeping near the stream until he wrapped himself in a recently killed buffalo's skin. The next morning, he had to be thawed out of it.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frozen Run (West Virginia)
  2. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 256.
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 55.

38°44′13″N 81°02′08″W / 38.73694°N 81.03556°W / 38.73694; -81.03556


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