The Dry Fork is a 47.7 miles (76.8 km) tributary

Tributary

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 of the Tug Fork, belonging to the Ohio River

Ohio River

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 watershed

Drainage basin

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. The river

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 is located in McDowell County

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, West Virginia

West Virginia

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 and Tazewell County

Tazewell County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 44,598 people, 18,277 households and 13,232 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 20,390 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

, Virginia

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, in the United States

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. The mouth of the Dry Fork into the Tug Fork is located at Iaeger

Iaeger, West Virginia

Iaeger is a town in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 358 at the 2000 census. Iaeger was incorporated in 1917 and named for Colonel William G. W. Iaeger, whose son, Dr. William R...

.

Variant names

According to the United States Geological Survey

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's Geographic Names Information System

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, the Dry Fork has been known by the following names throughout its history:

• Crane Creek
• Mud Fork
• South Fork

Tributaries

Tributary stream

Stream

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s are listed from source

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 to mouth.

• Lick Branch
• Ray Fork
• Bills Branch
• Dick Creek
  • Laurel Fork
• Mile Branch
• Beech Fork
• Vall Creek
• Kewee Creek
• Big Branch
• Jacobs Fork
  • Cucumber Creek
• Johns Branch
• War Creek
• Barrenshe Creek
• Pruett Branch
• Threefork Branch
• Bartley Creek
  • Buck Fork
• Johnnycake Hollow
• Atwell Branch
• Little Slate Branch
  • Right Fork
• Dry Branch
• Bradshaw Creek
• Oozley Branch
• Hurricane Branch
• Fishtrap Branch
• Beartown Branch
• Little Staunch Branch
• Staunch Branch
• Grapevine Branch
• Betsy Branch
• Crane Creek
  • Left Fork
  • Laurel Fork
• Mile Branch
• Straight Branch
• Coon Branch

List of cities and towns along the Dry Fork

• Apple Grove, West Virginia
  Apple Grove, McDowell County, West Virginia
  Apple Grove is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Apple Grove is located along West Virginia Route 80 on the Dry Fork south of Iaeger....
  
  
• Atwell, West Virginia
  Atwell, West Virginia
  Atwell is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Atwell lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork....
  
  
• Avondale, West Virginia
  Avondale, McDowell County, West Virginia
  Avondale is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Avondale lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the community has also been known as Ritter....
  
  
• Bartley, West Virginia
  Bartley, West Virginia
  Bartley is an unincorporated census-designated place located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. It lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork. As of the 2010 census, its population was 224...
  
  
• Beartown, West Virginia
  Beartown, West Virginia
  Beartown is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Beartown lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on Dry Fork....
  
  
• Berwind, West Virginia
  Berwind, West Virginia
  Berwind is a census-designated place on the Dry Fork in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population is 278. The town of Berwind is named for Edward Julius Berwind owner of the Berwind Company and it was later incorporated in 1905...
  
  
• Bradshaw, West Virginia
  Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia
  Bradshaw is a town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 289 at the 2000 census. Bradshaw was incorporated in December 1979 and is named for a man who settled at the mouth of Bradshaw Creek in about 1840. His gravesite overlooks the town...
  
  
• Canebrake, West Virginia
  Canebrake, West Virginia
  Canebrake is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Canbrake was named for a thicket of canes in its vicinity. It has also been spelled Canebreak in its past. It is mentioned in the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy...
  
  
• Carlos, West Virginia
  Carlos, West Virginia
  Carlos is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Carlos lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork....
  
  
• Dunford Village, Virginia
• English, West Virginia
  English, West Virginia
  English is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA.-History:McDowell County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on February 28, 1858, from parts of Tazewell County . The county was named in honor of James McDowell...
  
  
• Excelsior, West Virginia
  Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia
  Excelsior is a community incorporated within the city of War in McDowell County, West Virginia. Excelsior is located along Dry Fork to the north of the city along West Virginia Route 16....
  
  
• Garland, West Virginia
  Garland, West Virginia
  Garland is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Garland is located near West Virginia Route 80 north-northeast of Bradshaw....
  
  
• Iaeger, West Virginia
  Iaeger, West Virginia
  Iaeger is a town in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 358 at the 2000 census. Iaeger was incorporated in 1917 and named for Colonel William G. W. Iaeger, whose son, Dr. William R...
  
  
• Lex, West Virginia
  Lex, West Virginia
  Lex is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Lex is located on West Virginia Route 80 north of Bradshaw....
  
  
• Lomax, West Virginia
• Raysal, West Virginia
  Raysal, West Virginia
  Raysal is an unincorporated census-designated place in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Raysal is located along West Virginia Route 83 southeast of Bradshaw. Raysal has a post office with ZIP code 24879. As of the 2010 census, its population was 465....
  
  
• Rift, West Virginia
  Rift, West Virginia
  Rift is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Rift is located along West Virginia Route 16 southeast of War....
  
  
• Union City, West Virginia
  Union City, West Virginia
  Union City is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Union City is located on the Dry Fork and West Virginia Route 80 south-southeast of Iaeger....
  
  
• Vallscreek, West Virginia
  Vallscreek, West Virginia
  Vallscreek is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Vallscreek is south-southeast of War....
  
  
• War, West Virginia
  War, West Virginia
  War is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 788 at the 2000 census. War was incorporated in 1920 by the Circuit Court of McDowell County. Its name is derived from War Creek, whose confluence with Dry Fork is located within the city...
  
  
• Yukon, West Virginia
  Yukon, West Virginia
  Yukon is an unincorporated community on Dry Fork in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at the intersection of West Virginia State Routes 16 and 83. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Yukon has also been known throughout its history as Susanna and Watson....