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The 'Cherry River' is a tributary of the Gauley River in southeastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Cherry River drains mostly rural and forested areas and flows for much of its length through the Monongahela National Forest.DeLorme (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known historically by the toponyms 'Cherry Tree Waters' and 'Cherrytree Creek'.[2]
The Cherry begins as two streams, the 'North Fork Cherry River'[2] and the 'South Fork of Cherry River'[2], each of which rises in southeastern Pocahontas County and flows generally west-northwestwardly across northern Greenbrier County before converging in Nicholas County at the city of Richwood. The Cherry then flows northwestwardly to its confluence with the Gauley, in Curtain, a nearly-abandoned lumber town just south of Craigsville.
Downstream of Richwood, the Cherry River is paralleled by a rail trail, the Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail-Trail.[5]
★ List of West Virginia rivers
★ Monongahela National Forest map of the Richwood area, including the course of the Cherry River
1. Arnold, Amy Donaldson. 2006. "Richwood." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.
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5. West Virginia Rails-to-Trails Council website, reprinted news article about the Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail-Trail
The North Fork of the Cherry River in the Monongahela National Forest in northern Greenbrier County
The 'Cherry River' is a tributary of the Gauley River in southeastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Cherry River drains mostly rural and forested areas and flows for much of its length through the Monongahela National Forest.DeLorme (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known historically by the toponyms 'Cherry Tree Waters' and 'Cherrytree Creek'.[2]
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Course
The Cherry begins as two streams, the 'North Fork Cherry River'[2] and the 'South Fork of Cherry River'[2], each of which rises in southeastern Pocahontas County and flows generally west-northwestwardly across northern Greenbrier County before converging in Nicholas County at the city of Richwood. The Cherry then flows northwestwardly to its confluence with the Gauley, in Curtain, a nearly-abandoned lumber town just south of Craigsville.
Downstream of Richwood, the Cherry River is paralleled by a rail trail, the Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail-Trail.[5]
See also
★ List of West Virginia rivers
External links
★ Monongahela National Forest map of the Richwood area, including the course of the Cherry River
References
1. Arnold, Amy Donaldson. 2006. "Richwood." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.
2.
3.
4.
5. West Virginia Rails-to-Trails Council website, reprinted news article about the Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail-Trail
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