Loop Creek, also known by the spelling Loup Creek, is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 20 miles (32 km) long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 49.6 square miles (128 km2) in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. In addition to Loup Creek, the Geographic Names Information System lists "Loops Creek" as a historical variant name for the creek. Loop Creek was so named on account of its irregular, looping course, according to local history.
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| - Loop Creek, also known by the spelling Loup Creek, is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 20 miles (32 km) long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 49.6 square miles (128 km2) in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. In addition to Loup Creek, the Geographic Names Information System lists "Loops Creek" as a historical variant name for the creek. Loop Creek was so named on account of its irregular, looping course, according to local history. (en)
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| - Robson, West Virginia
- River mouth
- Deep Water, West Virginia
- Allegheny Plateau
- United States
- Deepwater Railway
- List of rivers of West Virginia
- Geographic Names Information System
- Mississippi River
- Rivers of Fayette County, West Virginia
- Tributaries of the Kanawha River
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- West Virginia
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- Fayette County, West Virginia
- North Page, West Virginia
- Page, West Virginia
- Hamilton, West Virginia
- Rivers of West Virginia
- Kanawha River
- Kincaid, West Virginia
- Coal mining
- Tributary
- Ingram Branch, West Virginia
- Oak Hill, West Virginia
- Ohio River
- Wriston, West Virginia
- Southern West Virginia
- Lick Fork, Fayette County, West Virginia
- Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau
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| - Loop Creek near Robson (en)
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| - Loop Creek, also known by the spelling Loup Creek, is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 20 miles (32 km) long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 49.6 square miles (128 km2) in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. Loop Creek flows for its entire length in western Fayette County. It rises in the city of Oak Hill and flows initially west-northwestward through the unincorporated communities of Lick Fork, Wriston, Ingram Branch, and Hamilton; then northward through the unincorporated communities of Kincaid, Page, North Page, and Robson, to Deep Water, where it flows into the Kanawha River. In addition to Loup Creek, the Geographic Names Information System lists "Loops Creek" as a historical variant name for the creek. Loop Creek was so named on account of its irregular, looping course, according to local history. (en)
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