Tory Creek (Virginia)

Tory Creek is a stream in Carroll and Floyd counties, Virginia, in the United States.[1]

Tory Creek
Tory Creek (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Tory Creek (Virginia)
Tory Creek (Virginia) is located in the United States
Tory Creek (Virginia)
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates36.7276364°N 80.4603434°W / 36.7276364; -80.4603434
Mouth 
 • coordinates
36.7504143°N 80.5022910°W / 36.7504143; -80.5022910

Tories who camped along Tory Creek after the Revolutionary War caused the name to be selected.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tory Creek (Virginia)
  2. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.

Virginia#USA


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