Английская Википедия:Bear Creek (Red Bird River tributary)

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Шаблон:Infobox river Bear Creek is a creek that is a tributary of the Red Bird River in Clay County, Kentucky.Шаблон:Sfn

Bear Creek received its name after a bear was shot there, according to local history.Шаблон:Sfn

Tributaries and post offices

The mouth of Bear Creek is Шаблон:Convert upstream on Red Bird River at an altitude of Шаблон:Convert above sea level.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Tree list

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Barcreek post office

Barcreek was established on 1900-03-07 by Elijah Herd, and remained in operation until March 1969.Шаблон:Sfn It was half a mile upriver on Bear Creek from its confluence with the Red Bird River.Шаблон:Sfn Its name was most likely a corruption of Bear Creek, but could also have been a reference to a large local sandbar.Шаблон:Sfn Herd's first choice of his own name had been rejected by the USPS because it clashed with an already existing postoffice in Boyd County.Шаблон:Sfn

Green L. Langdon moved it upriver in 1914, close to, or possibly at, the site of what was later to be Spurlock post office.Шаблон:Sfn It was relocated back to Bear Creek in the 1920s, and was Шаблон:Convert up the creek when it closed in March 1969.Шаблон:Sfn

Spurlock post office

Spurlock post office was established on 1928-10-02, Silvania Herd's first choice of "Herd" similarly being rejected by the USPS because it then clashed with an already existing postoffice by that name in Jackson County.Шаблон:Sfn Named after the Spurlock family, descendants of settler William Spurlock (1815–1855) from North Carolina who had arrived at Bear Creek in 1835, it lasted until July 1988.Шаблон:Sfn It was located 1 mile upstream of the mouth of Banks Branch, a tributary of Red Bird River to the south of Bear Creek, to replace Barcreek post office after it moved back to Bear Creek.Шаблон:Sfn

General

Across a ridge lies Laurel Creek.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1918, Daniel Bowling had a mine Шаблон:Convert upstream on Bowling Branch.Шаблон:Sfn

See also

Cross-reference

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Sources

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Шаблон:Refend Шаблон:Clay County, Kentucky Шаблон:Authority control

Шаблон:ClayCountyKY-geo-stub Шаблон:Kentucky-river-stub

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