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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mineral Springs and Saltpetre.
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.
Saltpetre
Hamlet
Saltpetre is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. The community takes its name from the local saltpetre manufacturing industry. Saltpetre is situated 4 miles southeast of Tug Fork.
Torchlight
Hamlet
Torchlight is an unincorporated community and coal town in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named for an annual torchlight parade accident which resulted in the Hotel Greenup being burned to the ground. Torchlight is situated 5 miles south of Tug Fork.
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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