Dunlap Creek

Dunlap Creek is a 25.9-mile-long tributary of the Jackson River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed. The creek forms at Earlehurst in Alleghany County, Virginia, by the confluence of Back Creek and Sweet Springs Creek, both of which rise to the southwest in Monroe County, West Virginia.

Type: Stream
Description: tributary of the Jackson River in Virginia, USA
Also known as: “Cove Creek”, “Dunlap’s Creek”, “Eskataba”, “Meadow Creek”, and “Peters Creek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include First Baptist Church and Casey Field.

First Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church complex located at Covington, Virginia. The property includes two churches. One of the churches was built about 1890, and is a Gothic Revival style frame church.

Casey Field

Pitch

Casey Field & Boodie Albert Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Covington, Virginia. Games were first played there in 1962 and it is primarily the home stadium for the Alleghany High School Cougars football and baseball teams.

Covington High School

School

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Covington High School was a public secondary school in Covington, Virginia, United States. It was part of Covington City Public Schools and was located on 530 South Lexington Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covington and Oakwood Forest.

Covington

Town

Photo: Jarekt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Covington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,737, making it the second-least populous city in Virginia.

Oakwood Forest

Neighborhood

Oakwood Forest is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.

Rayon Terrace

Neighborhood

Rayon Terrace is an unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States. Rayon Terrace is a village in the city of Covington. It was formerly called and is generally still referred to South Covington. Rayon Terrace is situated 2 miles south of Dunlap Creek.

Dunlap Creek

Categories: river and body of water
Location: Alleghany, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.79457° or 37° 47′ 41″ north

Longitude

-79.99672° or 79° 59′ 48″ west

Elevation

1,237 feet (377 metres)

Open location code

8792Q2V3+R8

GeoNames ID

4756717

Wikidata ID

Q5315411

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Dunlap Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Dunlap Creek”
Cebuano: “Dunlap Creek”
Venetian: “Dunlap”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alleghany Memorial Hospital and Covington Historic District.

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