Brittain Creek is a stream in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is a tributary of Mud Creek.

The stream was named for James C. Brittain, a pioneer who settled along the creek.[1] The name of the creek was long misspelled as Britton Creek until a descendant of James C. Brittain successfully appealed to the United States Board on Geographic Names in the 1980s.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brittain Creek
  2. ↑ Wood, John (July 3, 1984). "Now you spell it Brittain Creek". The Times-News. p. 6. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

35°20′19″N 82°28′02″W / 35.33861°N 82.46722°W / 35.33861; -82.46722



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