# List of West Virginia placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of West Virginia whose names are derived from Native American languages.

## Listings
### Counties

* Kanawha County
** Village of Kanawha
** Kanawha City
** Village of Kanawha Falls
** Village of Kanawha Head
** Kanawha Falls (Waterfall)
** Kanawha River
** Little Kanawha River
** West Fork Little Kanawha River
** Right Fork Little Kanawha River
** Kanawha State Forest
* Mingo County
** Village of Mingo
** Village of Upper Mingo
** Mingo Run (Brooke County)
** Mingo Run (Randolph County)
* Monongalia County
* Ohio County
** Ohio River
* Pocahontas County
* Wyoming County
** Village of Wyoming
** Wyoming City

### Settlements

* Alaska – named after the state of Alaska.
* Algoma
* Alpoca
* Apgah
* Aracoma
* Arkansas – named after the state of Arkansas.
* Bolivar – named after Simon Bolivar.
* Great Cacapon
** Forks of Cacapon
** Village of Little Cacapon
** Cacapon Mountain
** Little Cacapon Mountain
** Cacapon River
** Little Cacapon River
* Capon Bridge
** Village of Capon Lake
** Village of Capon Springs
** Village of Capon Springs Station
** Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge
** Capon Springs Resort
** Capon Springs Run
** Capon Chapel
* Captina
* Catawba
* Chattaroy
* Cherokee – named after the Cherokee people.
* Cheyenne Valley – named after the Cheyenne people.
* Cisco
* Cuba – named after the country of Cuba.
* Cubana
* Decota
* Etowah
* Havaco
* Havana – named after the eponymous Cuban capital.
* Hiawatha – named after the eponymous Iroquois chief.
* Hoohoo
* Iroquois – named after the Iroquois people.
* Iuka
* Kalamazoo – named after the eponymous Michigan city.
* Kentuck
* Klondike
* Lacoma
* Lake Shawnee – named after the Shawnee people.
** Shawnee Run
* Lico
* Matoaka
* Merrimac
* Miami – named after the Miami people.
* Michigan – named after the state of Michigan.
* Minnehaha Springs – named after the eponymous character in Dakota folklore.
* Missouri Branch – named after the Missouri river.
* Modoc – named after the Modoc people.
* Mohawk – named after the Mohawk people.
* Mohegan – named after the Mohegan people.
* Naugatuck
* Neponset
* Okonoko
* Onego
* Opekiska
** Opekiska Lock and Dam
* Osage – named after the Osage people.
* Osceola
* Otsego
* Ottawa – named after the Odawa people.
* Ovapa
* Peora – named after the Peoria people.
* Peru – named after the country of Peru.
* Pickaway
* Pocatalico
** Pocatalico River
* Potomac
** Potomac River
** North Branch Potomac River
** South Branch Potomac River
* Powhatan – named after the Powhatan people.
* Roanoke – named after the eponymous Virginia settlement.
* Seminole (Harrison County) – named after the Seminole people.
** Seminole (Summers County)
* Seneca Rocks
** Seneca Creek
** Seneca Rocks
** Seneca State Forest
* Shegon
* Shenandoah Junction
** Shenandoah River
** Shenandoah Mountain
* Shenango
** Shenango Creek
* South Buckhannon
* Tappan
* Texas – named after the state of Texas.
* Tioga
* Tomahawk – named after the eponymous Native American weapon.
* Tuckahoe
* Viropa
* Wahoo
* Waneta
* Wappocomo
* Watoga – from the Cherokee word for "starry waters."
** Watoga State Park
* Weyanoke
* Winona (Taylor County)
** Winona (Fayette County)
* Wyco
* Wyoma
* Yukon – named after the eponymous Alaska river.

### Bodies of water

* Bingamon Creek
* Buckhannon River
** Left Fork Buckhannon River
** Right Fork Buckhannon River
* Canoe Run
* Elakala Falls
* Guyandotte River – named after the Wyandotte people.
* Hogtan Run
* Monongahela River
** Monongahela National Forest
* Pocosin Fork
* Swago Creek – shortening of "Oswego".
* Tilhance Creek
* Tuscarora Creek
* Opequon Creek
* Youghiogheny River

### Other

* Allegheny Mountains
** Allegheny Front
** Allegheny Mountain
** Back Allegheny Mountain
** High Allegheny National Park and Preserve
* Appalachian Mountains
** Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
** Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area
* Cabwaylingo State Forest
* Coon Bone Island
* Kumbrabow State Forest
* Muskingum Island
* Pinnickinnick Mountain