Cabin Creek (West Virginia)

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Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek near Ronda
A map of Cabin Creek and its watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Fayette, Kanawha
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	south-southwest of Coalfield
• coordinates	37°58′25″N 81°21′47″W / 37.9737203°N 81.3631638°W / 37.9737203; -81.3631638^[1]
• elevation	2,311 ft (704 m)^[2]

Mouth	Kanawha River
• location	Cabin Creek
• coordinates	38°11′56″N 81°28′48″W / 38.1989922°N 81.4801162°W / 38.1989922; -81.4801162^[1]
• elevation	591 ft (180 m)^[1]
Length	22.7 mi (36.5 km)
Basin size	73 sq mi (190 km²)
Basin features
Hydrologic Unit Code	0505000602 (USGS)

Cabin Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 22.7 miles (36.5 km) long,^[3] in West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 72.6 square miles (188 km²)^[4] in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Cabin Creek begins in western Fayette County, approximately 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south-southwest of Coalfield. It flows in southern Kanawha County for most of its course, north-northwestward through the unincorporated communities of Republic, Carbon, Decota, Laing, Quarrier, Holly, Leewood, Eskdale, Ohley, Coal, Giles, Dawes, Miami, Sharon, Ronda, and Dry Branch, to the community of Cabin Creek, where it flows into the Kanawha River. The creek is paralleled by county roads for most of its course, and additionally by the West Virginia Turnpike from Giles to its mouth.^[5]^[6]

Cabin Creek was named for a nearby pioneer's cabin which was raided by Native Americans in the 1740s.^[7]

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