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    The Meherrin River is a 143.37 mi (230.73 km) long 6th order tributary to the Chowan River that joins in Hertford County, North Carolina. A twenty-foot-high...
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    The Meherrin people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who spoke an Iroquian language. They lived between the Piedmont and coastal...
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  • The South Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. List of rivers of Virginia USGS Geographic Names Information Service USGS Hydrologic...
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  • railroad reached Meherrin and built the Meherrin Depot, named for the tribe of Indians that lived there and along the Meherrin River. As of 2000, the...
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  • 34722°W / 37.00028; -78.34722 The North Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. List of rivers of Virginia USGS Geographic Names Information...
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  • The Middle Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. List of rivers of Virginia "Middle Meherrin River". Geographic Names Information...
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  • Landing River Pocaty River Northwest River (Virginia) Chowan River (NC) Meherrin River Fountains Creek Flat Rock Creek North Meherrin River Reedy Creek...
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    Nottoway River in the neighborhood of Birch's Bridge, thence through Brunswick County near the Ebeneezer Academy, then across the Meherrin River at Gee's...
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    long been a transportation crossroads. The Meherrin River, like the Nottoway River and the Blackwater River, empties to the southeast into Albemarle Sound...
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    Blackwater River on the east and the Meherrin River on the west. The Nottoway River flows through the center of the county. All three rivers are tributaries...
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    Chowan River and Albemarle Sound. Significant tributaries include Bonds Creek, the Meherrin River, Bennett's Creek (which connects the Chowan River with...
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  • Landing River Northwest River North River Pasquotank River Little River Perquimans River Yeopim River Chowan River Wiccacon River Meherrin River Potecasi...
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    located in northwestern Hertford County on high ground south of the Meherrin River. U.S. Route 258 runs through the eastern end of the town, and U.S. Route...
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    Parker's Ferry is a cable ferry located on the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. The ferry is operated by a contractor for the North Carolina...
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    Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion attacked Maney's Neck on the Meherrin River near Murfree's Landing. Murfree led the militia that repulsed the attack...
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    (760 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (0.5%) is water. The Meherrin River forms the boundary between Greensville County and Southampton County...
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    States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,014. Located by the Meherrin River, it is the county seat of Brunswick County. In colonial times, Lieutenant...
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    six-square-mile reservation was at Parker's Ferry near the mouth of the Meherrin River. It was confirmed by a treaty of 1726. However, they were not able to...
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    River North Meherrin River Middle Meherrin River South Meherrin River Merrimac Metompkin Metompkin Island Nassawadox Occoquan Occoquan River Occoquan Creek...
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    Gholson Bridge is a historic metal Pratt truss bridge spanning the Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia. It was built in 1884...
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    Upper Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (part) Bull Neck Swamp Corduroy Swamp Doolittle Millpond Gumberry Swamp Lake Gaston Meherrin River Occoneechee Creek...
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  • Fountains Creek (category Virginia river stubs)
    Fountains Creek, also known as Fontaine Creek, is a tributary of the Meherrin River in the U.S. state of Virginia. Formed by the confluence of Beddingfield...
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  • Potecasi Creek (category North Carolina river stubs)
    Potecasi Creek is a 41.28 mi (66.43 km) long 4th order tributary to the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this...
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    the easy river transportation to seaports, as well the availability of water power to operate mills and factories, thus bringing together river traffic...
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  • living in northern Ablemarle County, on their ancestral home on the Meherrin River; in the county, the Chowanoc, Pasquotank, Poteskeet, and Yeopim had...
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  • Worrell Mill Swamp (category North Carolina river stubs)
    Worrell Mill Swamp is a 0.69 mi (1.11 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this...
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  • Texas Meduxnekeag River - Maine Meeme River - Wisconsin Meherrin River - Virginia, North Carolina Melozitna River - Alaska Melvin River - New Hampshire...
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    in the Piedmont of Virginia. Two encampments were established on the Meherrin River near the village of the Siouan-speaking Occaneechi. In January 1676...
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    Susquehannock (category Potomac River)
    encampments were established on the Meherrin River near the village of the Siouan-speaking Occaneechi on the Roanoke River In January 1776, the Susquehannock...
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    south to Reedy Creek, both tributaries of the Meherrin River, which flows southeast to the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. "2020 U...
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