The Dry Fork is a
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, accessed June 13, 2011 tributary
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of the
Tug Fork
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, belonging to the
Ohio River
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watershed
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Music
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. The
river
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is located in
McDowell County,
West Virginia
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, and
Tazewell County,
Virginia
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, in the
United States
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.
The mouth of the Dry Fork into the Tug Fork is located at
Iaeger.
Variant names
According to the
United States Geological Survey
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's
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, the Dry Fork has been known by the following names throughout its history:
*Crane Creek
*Mud Fork
*South Fork
Tributaries
Tributary
stream
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s are listed from
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to mouth.
*Lick Branch
*Ray Fork
*Bills Branch
*Dick Creek
**Laurel Fork
*Mile Branch
*Beech Fork
*
Vall Creek
*Kewee Creek
*Big Branch
*
Jacobs Fork
**
Cucumber Creek
*Johns Branch
*
War Creek
*
Barrenshe Creek
*Pruett Branch
*Threefork Branch
*
Bartley Creek
**Buck Fork
*Johnnycake Hollow
*Atwell Branch
*Little Slate Branch
**Right Fork
*Dry Branch
*
Bradshaw Creek
*Oozley Branch
*Hurricane Branch
*Fishtrap Branch
*Beartown Branch
*Little Staunch Branch
*Staunch Branch
*Grapevine Branch
*Betsy Branch
*Crane Creek
**Left Fork
**Laurel Fork
*Mile Branch
*Straight Branch
*Coon Branch
List of cities and towns along the Dry Fork
*
Apple Grove, West Virginia
*
Atwell, West Virginia
*
Avondale, West Virginia
*
Bartley, West Virginia
*
Beartown, West Virginia
*
Berwind, West Virginia
Berwind is a town on the Dry Fork in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 188 (down from 278 at the 2010 census). The town is named for Edward Julius Berwind, owner of the Berwind Company, a ...
*
Bradshaw, West Virginia
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Canebrake, West Virginia
*
Carlos, West Virginia
Carlos is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United St ...
*
Dunford Village, Virginia
*
English, West Virginia
English is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.T ...
*
Excelsior, West Virginia
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Garland, West Virginia
*
Iaeger, West Virginia
Iaeger (pronounced YAY-ger) is a town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 257 at the 2020 census.
History
Iaeger was incorporated in 1917 and named for Colonel William G. W. Iaeger, an early settler.
Geography
...
*
Lex, West Virginia
*
Lomax, West Virginia
*
Raysal, West Virginia
*
Rift, West Virginia
Rift is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along West Virginia Route 16, southeast of War
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*
Union City, West Virginia
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Vallscreek, West Virginia
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War, West Virginia
War is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census. War was incorporated in 1920 by the Circuit Court of McDowell County. Its name is derived from War Creek, whose confluence with Dry For ...
*
Yukon, West Virginia
See also
*
List of Virginia rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia.
By drainage basin
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*
List of West Virginia rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exc ...
References
Rivers of Virginia
Rivers of West Virginia
Rivers of McDowell County, West Virginia
Rivers of Tazewell County, Virginia
Tug Fork
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