Pipestem Creek

Pipestem Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Pipestem Creek was named for the fact early settlers fashioned pipe stems from a plant which grew along the creek's banks.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pipestem Creek
  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. 492.