Bear Creek (Red Bird River tributary)

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Bear Creek
Mouth Red Bird River[1]
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Mouth elevation 752 feet (229 m)[1]

Bear Creek is a creek that is a tributary of the Red Bird River in Clay County, Kentucky.[1]

Bear Creek received its name after a bear was shot there, according to local history.[2]

Tributaries and post offices

The mouth of Bear Creek is 6.25 miles (10.06 km) upstream on Red Bird River at an altitude of 752 feet (229 m) above sea level.[1]

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  • Its major tributaries are:
    • a left branch 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream at altitude 765 feet (233 m)[3]
    • a left branch 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream at altitude 780 feet (240 m)[3]
    • a left branch 2.25 miles (3.62 km) upstream at altitude 825 feet (251 m)[3]
    • a left branch 2.75 miles (4.43 km) upstream at altitude 860 feet (260 m)[4]
    • a left branch 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream at altitude 875 feet (267 m)[4]
    • Bowling Branch 3.75 miles (6.04 km) upstream at altitude 925 feet (282 m)[4]
    • three forks 4.5 miles (7.2 km) upstream at (where 2 of the forks meet) altitude 950 feet (290 m)[5]

Barcreek post office

Barcreek was established on 1900-03-07 by Elijah Herd, and remained in operation until March 1969.[6] It was half a mile upriver on Bear Creek from its confluence with the Red Bird River.[7] Its name was most likely a corruption of Bear Creek, but could also have been a reference to a large local sandbar.[6] 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.[8]

Green L. Langdon moved it upriver in 1914, close to, or possibly at, the site of what was later to be Spurlock post office.[6] It was relocated back to Bear Creek in the 1920s, and was Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). up the creek when it closed in March 1969.[6]

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.[9] 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.[9] 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.[9]

General

Across a ridge lies Laurel Creek.[1]

In 1918, Daniel Bowling had a mine 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream on Bowling Branch.[5]

See also

Cross-reference

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hodge 1918, p. 103.
  2. ↑ Rennick 2013, p. 56.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hodge 1918, p. 104.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hodge 1918, p. 105.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hodge 1918, p. 106.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Rennick 2000c, p. 29.
  7. ↑ Rennick 2016b, BARCREEK.
  8. ↑ Rennick 2000c, p. 43.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Rennick 2000c, p. 32.

Sources

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