Sitlington

 

Sitlington is a place with multiple notable features and connections within Pocahontas County.

• Sitlington Creek is a significant tributary of the Greenbrier River in Pocahontas County. Its source is in Galford Run, high in the Allegheny Mountains.
• The creek flows in a generally southwest direction to Michael Mountain, where it merges with Shock Run.
• The combined streams cut a wide path through the mountain range at Dunmore.
• Sitlington Creek is joined again by Thomas Creek, 1.5 miles east of the town of Sitlington, before emptying into the Greenbrier River.
• Other tributaries of Sitlington Creek include Moore Run, Gum Branch, Jakes Run, Stony Run, and Lett Prong.
• Sitlington is a town located on the Greenbrier River at the mouth of Sitlington Creek, 2.7 miles south of Cass.
• The town of Dunmore is located where Sitlington Creek cuts through the mountains.
• Sitlington Creek is also known to have been called "Sitlington's Creek".
• The area around Sitlington Creek and the eastern part of Pocahontas County was first permanently settled by Robert Sitlington. His home was on the site of the town of Dunmore.
• Robert Sitlington married the widow of a man named Warwick, who had been a lieutenant in the service of the British Crown and employed in surveying lands in Augusta County. This may indicate the origin of the name of the family connected to the creek and town.
• A concealed area near Sitlington leads to the Hendricks Sandstone horizon [Sitlington].
• Thomas Creek gives rise near the watershed of Thorny Creek, and flows north to connect with Sitlington Creek 1.5 miles east of Sitlington.
• The Sitlington Section is mentioned in the sources as a location where geological strata have been examined