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Point Pleasant Creek
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Point Pleasant Creek in Kidwell
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A map of Point Pleasant Creek and its watershed
Country United States
State West Virginia
Counties Wetzel, Tyler
Physical characteristics
Main source south of New Martinsville, Wetzel County
987 ft (301 m)
39°36′40″N 80°51′48″W / 39.6111883°N 80.8634343°W / 39.6111883; -80.8634343
River mouth Middle Island Creek
Middlebourne, Tyler County
663 ft (202 m)
39°30′13″N 80°54′10″W / 39.5036887°N 80.9028846°W / 39.5036887; -80.9028846
Length 10.4 mi (16.7 km)
Basin features
Basin size 60.5 sq mi (157 km2)
Tributaries
Hydrologic Unit Codes 050302010502, 050302010503 (USGS)

Point Pleasant Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, 10.4 miles (16.7 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 60.5 square miles (157 km2) in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Point Pleasant Creek rises in southwestern Wetzel County, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of New Martinsville, and flows southward into Tyler County and through the unincorporated community of Kidwell, near which it collects its largest tributary, the Elk Fork. It flows into Middle Island Creek on the northern boundary of the town of Middlebourne. Upstream of Kidwell, it is paralleled by West Virginia Route 180; for the remainder of its course it is mostly paralleled by West Virginia Route 18.

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