Miracle Run (West Virginia)

Miracle Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.^[1] It is in Battelle District of Monongalia County.

Miracle Run was not named for wondrous phenomena, but rather for the pioneering Mirale (or Merrical) family which first settled in the area in 1773.^[2]

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miracle Run (West Virginia)
^ 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. pp. 421–422.

39°43′12″N 80°14′29″W / 39.72000°N 80.24139°W / 39.72000; -80.24139

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miracle Run (West Virginia)

[2] 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. pp. 421–422.

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