List of West Virginia placenames of Native American origin

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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of West Virginia whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Listings

Counties

• Kanawha County
  • Village of Kanawha
  • Kanawha City
  • Village of Kanawha Falls
  • Village of Kanawha Head
  • Kanawha Falls (Waterfall)
  • Kanawha River
  • Little Kanawha River
  • West Fork Little Kanawha River
  • Right Fork Little Kanawha River
  • Kanawha State Forest
• Mingo County
  • Village of Mingo
  • Village of Upper Mingo
  • Mingo Run (Brooke County)
  • Mingo Run (Randolph County)
• Monongalia County
• Ohio County
  • Ohio River
• Pocahontas County
• Wyoming County
  • Village of Wyoming
  • Wyoming City

Settlements

• Alaska – named after the state of Alaska.
• Algoma
• Alpoca
• Apgah
• Aracoma
• Arkansas – named after the state of Arkansas.
• Bolivar – named after Simon Bolivar.
• Great Cacapon
  • Forks of Cacapon
  • Village of Little Cacapon
  • Cacapon Mountain
  • Little Cacapon Mountain
  • Cacapon River
  • Little Cacapon River
• Capon Bridge
  • Village of Capon Lake
  • Village of Capon Springs
  • Village of Capon Springs Station
  • Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge
  • Capon Springs Resort
  • Capon Springs Run
  • Capon Chapel
• Captina
• Catawba
• Chattaroy
• Cherokee – named after the Cherokee people.
• Cheyenne Valley – named after the Cheyenne people.
• Cisco
• Cuba – named after the country of Cuba.
• Cubana
• Decota
• Etowah
• Havaco
• Havana – named after the eponymous Cuban capital.
• Hiawatha – named after the eponymous Iroquois chief.
• Hoohoo
• Iroquois – named after the Iroquois people.
• Iuka
• Kalamazoo – named after the eponymous Michigan city.
• Kentuck
• Klondike
• Lacoma
• Lake Shawnee – named after the Shawnee people.
  • Shawnee Run
• Lico
• Matoaka
• Merrimac
• Miami – named after the Miami people.
• Michigan – named after the state of Michigan.
• Minnehaha Springs – named after the eponymous character in Dakota folklore.
• Missouri Branch – named after the Missouri river.
• Modoc – named after the Modoc people.
• Mohawk – named after the Mohawk people.
• Mohegan – named after the Mohegan people.
• Naugatuck
• Neponset
• Okonoko
• Onego
• Opekiska
  • Opekiska Lock and Dam
• Osage – named after the Osage people.
• Osceola
• Otsego
• Ottawa – named after the Odawa people.
• Ovapa
• Peora – named after the Peoria people.
• Peru – named after the country of Peru.
• Pickaway
• Pocatalico
  • Pocatalico River
• Potomac
  • Potomac River
  • North Branch Potomac River
  • South Branch Potomac River
• Powhatan – named after the Powhatan people.
• Roanoke – named after the eponymous Virginia settlement.
• Seminole (Harrison County) – named after the Seminole people.
  • Seminole (Summers County)
• Seneca Rocks
  • Seneca Creek
  • Seneca Rocks
  • Seneca State Forest
• Shegon
• Shenandoah Junction
  • Shenandoah River
  • Shenandoah Mountain
• Shenango
  • Shenango Creek
• South Buckhannon
• Tappan
• Texas – named after the state of Texas.
• Tioga
• Tomahawk – named after the eponymous Native American weapon.
• Tuckahoe
• Viropa
• Wahoo
• Waneta
• Wappocomo
• Watoga – from the Cherokee word for "starry waters."
  • Watoga State Park
• Weyanoke
• Winona (Taylor County)
  • Winona (Fayette County)
• Wyco
• Wyoma
• Yukon – named after the eponymous Alaska river.

Bodies of water

• Bingamon Creek
• Buckhannon River
  • Left Fork Buckhannon River
  • Right Fork Buckhannon River
• Canoe Run
• Elakala Falls
• Guyandotte River – named after the Wyandotte people.
• Hogtan Run
• Monongahela River
  • Monongahela National Forest
• Pocosin Fork
• Swago Creek – shortening of "Oswego".
• Tilhance Creek
• Tuscarora Creek
• Opequon Creek
• Youghiogheny River

Other

• Allegheny Mountains
  • Allegheny Front
  • Allegheny Mountain
  • Back Allegheny Mountain
  • High Allegheny National Park and Preserve
• Appalachian Mountains
  • Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
  • Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area
• Cabwaylingo State Forest
• Coon Bone Island
• Kumbrabow State Forest
• Muskingum Island
• Pinnickinnick Mountain

See also

• List of place names in the United States of Native American origin

References

Sources

• Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X.