Mate Creek
Mate Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is a tributary of Tug Fork. Mate Creek derives its name from "mate", a variant word for deer.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Mates Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.
Matewan Historic District
Heritage site
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The Matewan Historic District encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of Matewan, West Virginia. Matewan was the scene of the Battle of Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a coal miners' strike, an event which led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection ever associated with the labor movement in the United States, and was depicted in the film Matewan.
Matewan High School
School
Magnolia Matewan High School was a public high school located in Matewan, West Virginia. The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. Matewan High School is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mate Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matewan and Blackberry City.
Matewan
Village
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Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in 2010.
Blackberry City
Hamlet
Blackberry City is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Blackberry City is located on the Tug Fork and West Virginia Route 49, 0.75 miles south of Matewan.
McCarr
Hamlet
McCarr is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in rural northeastern Pike County, Kentucky, United States, along the Tug Fork River across from Matewan, West Virginia.
Mate Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Mingo, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mate Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Mate Creek”
- Venetian: “Mate”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Matewan Bridge and Blackberry Creek.
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