Short Creek
Short Creek is a stream in Fayette, West Virginia. Short Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Garten, as well as near Fayette Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include New River Gorge Bridge and Fayette County Courthouse.
New River Gorge Bridge
Bridge
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The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. New River Gorge Bridge is situated 2½ miles north of Short Creek.
Fayette County Courthouse
Courthouse
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Fayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894–1895, and is a 2 1/2 story, five bay wide, rectangular building with projecting wings. Fayette County Courthouse is situated 1½ miles northwest of Short Creek.
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia. Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Short Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garten and Fayetteville.
Garten
Hamlet
Garten is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 204.
Fayetteville
Fayetteville is a town of 2,754 people in West Virginia, often called "Gateway to the New River Gorge"; it borders the northern end of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.Kaymoor
Hamlet
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal-processing plant, and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom. Kaymoor is situated 2 miles northeast of Short Creek.
Short Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.03594° or 38° 2′ 9″ northLongitude
-81.08566° or 81° 5′ 8″ westElevation
1,788 feet (545 metres)Open location code
86CW2WP7+9PGeoNames ID
4822103
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