Maury River
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The Maury River is a tributary of the James River, 40 mi (64 km) long, in northwestern Virginia in the United States. Via the James River, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
The Maury flows for its entire length in Rockbridge County. It is formed near Goshen by the confluence of the Calfpasture and Little Calfpasture Rivers, and flows generally southwardly past Lexington and Buena Vista; between the cities it collects the South River and is paralleled by a 7 mi (11 km) rail trail. The Maury flows into the James River at Glasgow.
The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Maury River" as the stream's name in 1968. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the stream (or sections thereof) has also been known historically as "North River" and "Calfpasture River."
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- [Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] (appears to present pre-1968 information)
- DeLorme (2005). Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-326-5.
- [GNIS entry]
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