Indian Creek[1] is a stream in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States, and a tributary of the Barren River,[2] or “Big Barren River” as described in early deeds and surveys,[3][4] which distinguished it from the “Little Barren River,”[5] another stream in Southcentral Kentucky.

The named tributaries of Indian Creek—the “waters of Indian Creek,” historically—are Bethel Branch, Pikesville Branch, Slickrock/Grooms Branch, and Millstone Branch.[1]

The "forks of Indian Creek" describes the juncture of the main stream of Indian Creek and the South Fork of Indian Creek,[6] which converge in the village of Flippin, Kentucky.

The origin of the name, “Indian Creek,” has not been directly documented, but is believed to be related to the fact of a “large Buffalo lick” near the creek cited as a landmark in a military survey (1796).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Creek
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barren River
  3. 1 2 Arterburn, Charles R. A Forgotten Town Remembered: Pikesville of Monroe County, Kentucky. Lexington, Ky: C. R. Arterburn, 2014. (pp. 102-109) (familysearch.org/library/books/)
  4. ↑ Jillson, Willard Rouse and Kentucky. The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort Kentucky 1782-1924. Standard Printing Company Incorporated, 1925.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Barren River
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Fork Indian Creek

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