Fishing Creek (West Virginia)

Fishing Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It flows into the Ohio River at New Martinsville.[2]

Fishing Creek's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who once fished there.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fishing Creek (West Virginia)
  2. ^ TOPOZONE: Fishing Creek Topo Map in Wetzel County WV; accessed October 2018.
  3. ^ 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. 243.