Bruffey Creek
Bruffey Creek (also Bruffey's Creek)[1] is a stream in Pocahontas County[2] in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[3] The nearest town is Lobelia, West Virginia.
The creek's sink joins the Hills Creek sink to form the Hills-Bruffey cave system.[1]
History
[edit]Bruffey Creek has the name of Patrick Bruffey, an early settler.[4]
In 1910, Bruffey's Creek School, a two-room school, was constructed on the creek bank.[5] It closed in 1935 and was demolished in the early 1940s.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Speece, Jack (March 1977). "Hills and Bruffey's Creek Sinks" (PDF). Journal of Spelean History. 10 (1).
- ^ "Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church on Bruffey's Creek". Preserving Pocahontas.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bruffey Creek
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 133.
- ^ "Students and Teachers in Front of Bruffey's Creek School near Lobelia". Preserving Pocahontas: ~ Pocahontas County W. Va. ~ Digital Archive.
38°07′10″N 80°16′40″W / 38.11944°N 80.27778°W