Patterson Creek

Patterson Creek is a 51.2-mile-long (82.4 km)^[1] tributary of the North Branch Potomac River in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, in the United States. It enters the North Branch east of Cumberland, Maryland, with its headwaters located in Grant County, West Virginia. Patterson Creek is the watershed for two-thirds of Mineral County.

History

The creek most likely was named after the local Patterson family.^[2]

Bridge	Route	Location
Rada Road Bridge	Rada Road	2 miles south of Burlington
Northwestern Turnpike Bridge	US 50	Burlington
Fort Cocke Bridge	Cabin Run Road	Headsville
Camp Minco Bridge	Patterson Creek Road	Camp Minco
West Virginia Route 46 Bridge	WV 46	Intersection of WV 46 and Patterson Creek Road
George Run Road Bridge	George Run	5 miles east of Fort Ashby
William E. Shuck Memorial Bridge	WV 28	Fort Ashby
Low Water Bridge	Dan's Run Road	Patterson Creek
B&O Railroad	B&O Main Line	Patterson Creek

↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
↑ 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. 475.

Streams shown as: Major tributaries
- subtributaries
- (subsubtributaries)
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Shenandoah River

North Fork Shenandoah River Cedar Creek Smith Creek South Fork Shenandoah River North River (Middle River) South River

North Branch Potomac River

Stony River Abram Creek Savage River Georges Creek Laurel Run New Creek Limestone Run Warrior Run Wills Creek Brush Creek Little Wills Creek Evitts Creek Patterson Creek Mill Creek Dans Run Green Spring Run

South Branch Potomac River

North Fork South Branch Potomac River Laurel Fork Mill Creek Seneca Creek South Fork South Branch Potomac River Kettle Creek Lunice Creek Mill Run Mill Creek Big Run Buffalo Creek

Lakes and reservoirs

Lake Accotink Lake Anne Lake Artemesia Lake Bernard Frank Lake Braddock Breckenridge Reservoir Brushy Fork Lake Burke Lake Dalecarlia Reservoir Georgetown Reservoir Jennings Randolph Lake Kingman Lake Little Seneca Lake McMillan Reservoir Mount Storm Lake Lake Needwood Sleepy Creek Lake Stony River Reservoir Tidal Basin Trout Pond Warden Lake

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