Strange Creek, West Virginia
- Strange Creek, West Virginia
Strange Creek is an unincorporated community along Route 4 in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, near the border with Clay County. It lies along the bank of the Elk River. The actual creek runs southeast and ends just past the community of Dille in Nicholas County.
Name
Local legend says that a man named William Strange got lost in the area along which the creek runs. It is said that he wrote a small poem on a tree, that went something along the lines of:
"Strange is my nameand I'm on strange groundand strange it isthat I can't be found"
There have been many variations on this, but this is most commonly seen.
Further reading
*Coleman's West Virginia Atlas and Gazetteer
*"Wonderful West Virginia magazines"
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