Tug Fork
The Tug Fork is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, 159 miles long, in southwestern West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Kentucky in the United States.Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Louisa and Fort Gay.
Louisa
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Louisa is a home-rule class city in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is the county seat. It is at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia.
Fort Gay
Village
Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 677 at the 2020 census.
Mineral Springs
Hamlet
Mineral Springs is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. Northwest for about four miles north, both along and off US Route 52, are a string of smaller hamlets, including Hewlet.
Tug Fork
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, United States
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Buchanan, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Tug Fork” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Tug Fork”
- Catalan: “Tug Fork”
- Cebuano: “Tug Fork (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Tug Fork”
- Chinese: “塔格佛克河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر توج فورك”
- French: “Tug Fork”
- German: “Tug Fork”
- Hungarian: “Tug Fork”
- Mingrelian: “ტაგ-ფორკი”
- Russian: “Таг (река)”
- Russian: “Таг-Форк (река)”
- Russian: “Таг-Форк”
- Slovenian: “Tug Fork River”
- Spanish: “Rio Tug Fork”
- Spanish: “Río Tug Fork”
- Venetian: “Tug Fork”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Levisa Fork and Louisa and Fort Gay Bridge.
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