Carrion Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]
Carrion Run was named for an incident when the decaying bodies of skinned deer were left near the creek.[2]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carrion Run
- ^ 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. 156.
38°57′17″N 80°29′44″W / 38.95472°N 80.49556°W