Stinking Creek (Kentucky): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
m adding "Stream in Knox County, Kentucky, U.S." as short description via DescDash |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|Stream in Knox County, Kentucky, U.S.}} |
|||
'''Stinking Creek''' is a stream in [[Knox County, Kentucky]], in the [[United States]].<ref>{{GNIS|515716}}</ref> |
'''Stinking Creek''' is a stream in [[Knox County, Kentucky]], in the [[United States]].<ref>{{GNIS|515716}}</ref> |
||
Latest revision as of 23:45, 3 August 2024
Stinking Creek is a stream in Knox County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1]
Stinking Creek was so named because early buffalo hunters were known to leave corpses of animals they killed lying in and around the stream.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Creek (Kentucky)
- ^ Kleber, John E. The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 856. ISBN 0-8131-2883-8.
36°50′15″N 83°48′58″W / 36.837587°N 83.816033°W
 | This Knox County, Kentucky state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |