page_title: Paint Creek (West Virginia)
hierarchical_section_title: Paint Creek (West Virginia)
caption_attribution_description: English: Paint Creek as viewed from Ash Branch Park along Paint Creek Road (County Road 83), north of Nuckolls in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Light poles and signage of the Morton Travel Plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike are visible on the opposite streambank.
context_page_description: Paint Creek is a 42.1-mile tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. Paint Creek is part of the Mississippi River watershed via the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers and drains an area of 123 square miles.
  Paint Creek rises in north central Raleigh County and flows along County Route 7 north through Sweeneyburg and Maynor. At Maynor, the creek continues north along the West Virginia Turnpike. The creek follows the turnpike north into Fayette County, where it runs through the communities of Willis Branch, Pax, Long Branch, and Lively before curving to the northwest. Past Mossy and East Kingston, the creek briefly turns away from the highway before following it through Westerly, Milburn, Coalfield, Mahan, and Collinsdale. The creek then enters Kanawha County, where it heads north through Burnwell, Greencastle, and Whittaker. At Standard, Paint Creek Road turns away from the turnpike to follow County Route 83 north through Livingston and Gallagher. The creek flows north through Hollygrove before reaching its mouth at the Kanawha River in Hansford.
  Paint Creek was named for the fact Indians blazed trees using natural paint.
context_section_description: Paint Creek is a 42.1-mile (67.8 km)  tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. Paint Creek is part of the Mississippi River watershed via the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers and drains an area of 123 square miles (320 km²).
  Paint Creek rises in north central Raleigh County and flows along County Route 7 north through Sweeneyburg and Maynor. At Maynor, the creek continues north along the West Virginia Turnpike. The creek follows the turnpike north into Fayette County, where it runs through the communities of Willis Branch, Pax, Long Branch, and Lively before curving to the northwest. Past Mossy and East Kingston, the creek briefly turns away from the highway before following it through Westerly, Milburn, Coalfield, Mahan, and Collinsdale. The creek then enters Kanawha County, where it heads north through Burnwell, Greencastle, and Whittaker. At Standard, Paint Creek Road turns away from the turnpike to follow County Route 83 (Paint Creek Road) north through Livingston and Gallagher. The creek flows north through Hollygrove before reaching its mouth at the Kanawha River in Hansford.
  Paint Creek was named for the fact Indians blazed trees using natural paint.
caption: Paint Creek in Ash Branch Park in Kanawha County
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