Twelvepole Creek

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| name = Twelvepole Creek

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| image = Twelvepole Creek.jpg

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| image_caption = Twelvepole Creek near its mouth in Ceredo, flowing beneath Interstate 64

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| subdivision_name2 = West Virginia

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| subdivision_name3 = Wayne

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| discharge1_location= East Fork near m,

{{cite web |url=http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wv/nwis/uv/?site_no=03206600&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,62614 |title=USGS 03206600 East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, West Virginia | work=National Water Information System |access-date=2008-10-15 | publisher=U.S. Geological Survey }}

| discharge1_min = {{convert|0.13|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}(1989)

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|8.3|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_max = {{convert|99|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}(1980)

| source1 = East Fork Twelvepole Creek

| source1_location = Dingess Mountain, Mingo County, West Virginia

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|37|53|02|N|82|07|15|W|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1277|ft|abbr=on}}

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| title = East Fork Twelvepole Creek Source

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| source2 = West Fork Twelvepole Creek

| source2_location = Dingess Mountain, Mingo County, West Virginia

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| source2_elevation = {{convert|1676|ft|abbr=on}}

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| title = West Fork Twelvepole Creek Source

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| source_confluence_location = Wayne, West Virginia

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| source_confluence_elevation = {{convert|594|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Ohio River{{cite gnis|id=1548392|name=Twelvepole Creek|accessdate=2008-10-15}}

| mouth_location = Ceredo, West Virginia

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| tributaries_right = Beech Fork, Plymale Branch

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Twelvepole Creek is a {{convert|32.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 26, 2011 river located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of the Ohio River. It is alternately known as Twelve Pole Creek.{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_text_html/2002_SESSIONS/2X/bills/hcr23%20intr.htm|title=House Concurrent Resolution No. 23|date=February 14, 2002|publisher=West Virginia Legislature|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903044609/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2002_SESSIONS/2X/Bills/hcr23%20intr.htm|url-status=live}}

Course

Twelvepole Creek rises in northern Mingo County before flowing north through Wayne County. The headwaters of the East Fork of the Twelvepole are dammed to form East Lynn Lake. The East Fork of the river then flows north through East Lynn, Wayne, and Lavalette. The West Fork of the Twelvepole flows north through Dunlow, West Virginia and joins the East Fork at the town of Wayne. The river then flows north again before draining into the Ohio River just east of Ceredo.

Origin of name

Twelvepole Creek received its name from early explorers. The group supposedly included a young George Washington{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}. Traveling the Ohio River, they measured the mouth of the creek where it joined the Ohio in terms of poles, also known as rods. Being approximately 198 feet (12 poles) wide at its mouth, the creek was named Twelvepole Creek.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=661;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|pages=637–638}}

Recreation

East Lynn Lake and Beech Fork Lake (formed from one of Twelvepole Creek's tributaries) provide popular destinations for boating, fishing, swimming, and camping.

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