Old Woman Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Old Woman Run was named after "Old Woman", a bear lived in the nearby woods until she was killed by a local hunter.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Woman Run
  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. 459.

38°39′48″N 80°42′12″W / 38.66333°N 80.70333°W / 38.66333; -80.70333



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