Griffith Creek, West Virginia
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| Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1556919[1] |
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.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Griffith Creek, West Virginia
- ^ Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. pp. 354.
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