Russell Fork
The Russell Fork is a 51.9-mile-long tributary of the Levisa Fork in southwestern Virginia and southeastern Kentucky in the United States. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia, in southern Buchanan County at the base of Big A Mountain, and flows northwest into Dickenson County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kentucky and Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Russel Fork River”, “Russells Creek”, and “Russells Fork”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden Village and Greasy Creek.
Garden Village
Hamlet
Garden Village is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky. It is located on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, below the Peyton Branch and 4 miles southeast of Pikeville. Garden Village is situated 1½ miles northwest of Russell Fork.
Greasy Creek
Hamlet
Greasy Creek is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Greasy Creek is situated 3 miles southwest of Russell Fork.
Shelbiana
Hamlet
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Shelbiana is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It houses the CSX railroad yard, the second-largest railroad yard in the state of Kentucky. Shelbiana is situated 3 miles northwest of Russell Fork.
Russell Fork
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Pike, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Russell Fork” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Russell Fork”
- Cebuano: “Russell Fork”
- Venetian: “Russell Fork”
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