page_title: Elk Creek (West Virginia)
hierarchical_section_title: Elk Creek (West Virginia)
caption_attribution_description: Elk Creek as viewed upstream from Main Street in w:Clarksburg, West Virginia
context_page_description: Elk Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River, 29 miles long, in north-central West Virginia, USA. Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 121 square miles on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream is believed to have been named by an 18th-century trapper and hunter named John Simpson, who encountered herds of elk along the stream.
context_section_description: Elk Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River, 29 miles (47 km) long, in north-central West Virginia, USA.  Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 121 square miles (310 km²) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.  The stream is believed to have been named by an 18th-century trapper and hunter named John Simpson, who encountered herds of elk along the stream.
caption: Elk Creek in Clarksburg in 2006
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