Silver Run (North Fork Hughes River tributary)

Silver Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the North Fork Hughes River.

According to tradition, a silver object found during railroad construction accounts for the name.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Run (North Fork Hughes River tributary)
  2. ^ 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. 578.

39°11′58″N 81°10′04″W / 39.19944°N 81.16778°W / 39.19944; -81.16778