Twin_Branch,_West_Virginia

Twin Branch, West Virginia

Twin Branch, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States

Twin Branch is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Twin Branch is 1 mile (1.6 km) west-southwest of Davy. It was founded by Henry Ford as a mining community.[2]

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The community was named for the fact two streams meet at the town site.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Twin Branch, West Virginia
  2. [2]
    Hoffman, Nancy; Joyce Hart (2007). West Virginia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 46.
  3. [3]
    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. 638.


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