Buffalo Run

Buffalo Run is a stream located entirely within Ritchie County, West Virginia.[1]

Buffalo Run was so named by Native Americans after the buffalo, which was hunted in the area until the 1790s.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Run
  2. Cox, William J. (Feb 22, 1979). "County placenames among most colorful, imaginative in country". The Pennsboro News. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

39°08′01″N 81°16′40″W



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