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Griffith Creek is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Griffith Creek is located along the Greenbrier River and West Virginia routes 3 and 12, west of Alderson.

Griffith Creek, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Griffith Creek, West Virginia
Griffith Creek, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°43′39″N 80°40′35″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountySummers
Elevation
1,555 ft (474 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1556919[1]

History


Griffith Creek was named for an early settler who had been abducted as a child by Indians, and whose father had been killed by Indians.[2]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Griffith Creek, West Virginia
  2. Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. pp. 354.


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