Lick Creek, West Virginia

Lick Creek, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Lick Creek, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Lick Creek, West Virginia
Lick Creek, West Virginia
Lick Creek, West Virginia is located in the United States
Lick Creek, West Virginia
Lick Creek, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°29′04″N 80°54′41″W / 37.48444°N 80.91139°W / 37.48444; -80.91139
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountySummers
Elevation
1,611 ft (491 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1549783[1]

Lick Creek is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Lick Creek is located near the west bank of the New River, 21 miles (34 km) south of Hinton.

The community takes its name from nearby Lick Creek.[2]

Group of striking union miners & the families living in tents. Lick Creek, West Virginia during UMW General coal strike. -April 12, 1922
Group of striking union miners & the families living in tents. Lick Creek, West Virginia during UMW General coal strike.
-April 12, 1922
  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek, West Virginia
  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. 372.