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Red Bird River
The Red Bird River is one of two tributaries at the head of the South Fork of the Kentucky River, the other being the Goose Creek. It is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest in extreme southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 13, 2011 long and drains an area of .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data covering Red Bird River watershed, 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 0510020302The National Map retrieved 2015-10-27 Red Bird was the name of a Native American who was murdered near the river. Course It rises as Red Bird Creek in northeastern Bell County, then becomes the Red Bird River at the confluence of the Phillips Fork just south of Queendale in Clay County. Continuing north, it forms the boundary between Clay and Leslie counties, eventually coming to a confluence with Goose Creek at Oneida to form the South Fork of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Big Creek, Kentucky
Big Creek is a long creek in Kentucky, United States whose headwaters are in Leslie County and that flows into the Red Bird River in Clay County. A postoffice and village are named for it. Its own name is likely purely descriptive of its frequent flooding and high water levels, as it is not otherwise one of the biggest tributaries of Red Bird River. The post office named after it was established by James Marcum on 1871-01-10. Originally located one mile up from the Red Bird River, it has moved several times up and down the creek, and as of 2000 was located three quarters of a mile up from the Red Bird, serving the Big Creek village. The village is located on U.S. Route 421, east of Manchester. Big Creek postoffice has ZIP code 40914. In Leslie County the creek has tributaries Hals Fork (which U.S. 421 parallels), Couch Fork (paralleled by the Parkway), Hollins Fork, Bear Branch ( long), and Ulysses Creek. Couch Fork used to be named Collins Fork, and the Obed postoffice, founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Bell County, Kentucky
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Tributaries Of The Ohio River
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Rivers Of Kentucky
List of rivers in Kentucky ( U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through, other states. *Mississippi River **Obion Creek **Mayfield Creek ** Ohio River *** Goose Creek *** Massac Creek *** Tennessee River **** Clarks River **** Blood River ***Cumberland River **** Little River **** Red River **** Obey River (Tennessee) ***** Wolf River **** Big South Fork of the Cumberland River **** Rockcastle River ****Laurel River **** Clear Fork *** Tradewater River *** Green River **** Panther Creek **** Pond River **** Rough River **** Mud River ****Barren River *****Gasper River **** Little Reedy Creek **** Big Reedy Creek **** Bear Creek ****Nolin River ****Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriline, Kentucky
Eriline was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky, United States from 1902-12-09 to 1988, with a 32-year hiatus from 1911. It was supposed to be named after Eveline (some sources spell as Evaline) Britton (1861–1939), wife of Van Britton (1855–1911) its first postmaster, but the clerks at the USPS could not read the handwriting on the application form, naming it Eriline instead, and the Brittons did not consider it important enough to make a fuss about the name. It was originally established at the Brittons' home at the mouth of Hector Creek (on Red Bird River), but moved three times. The first move was to the east side of the Red Bird River, south of the mouth of Big Creek, which was the result of its reëstablishment after the hiatus on 1943-08-29 by George C. Hensley. The second move was back north in 1944 by Mary W. Bowling to the west of the Red Bird, 2 miles from the then Jacks Creek post office. The third move took it upriver in 1949, and at its closure in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bird River Petroglyphs
The Red Bird River Petroglyphs, also known as the Red Bird Petroglyphs are a series of petroglyphs, or carvings, on a stone in Clay County, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky. The rock originally was situated along the Red Bird River but was moved to a park in Manchester, Kentucky, Manchester after it fell onto the roadway below in 1994. The Red Bird River Petroglyphs have been assigned the Smithsonian trinomial identifier 15CY51Fred E. Coy, Jr., Thomas C. Fuller, Larry G. Meadows, and James F. Swauger, ''Rock Art of Kentucky'', University of Kentucky Press, 1997 They are sometimes confused with the nearby Red Bird River Shelter Petroglyphs, 15CY52, a separate set of carvings on the opposite bank of the river. On December 7, 1994, the 50-ton stone bearing the petroglyphs fell from a sandstone cliff above the Red Bird River, onto Kentucky Route 66 at Lower Red Bird. On December 9, 1994, it was transported to its present location in Rawlings/Stinson Park in Manchester, where it is ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peabody, Kentucky
Peabody was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky, United States that served coal mining and lumber company lands bought by Francis Peabody of Peabody Energy and eventually ending up as part of a national forest. It closed in 1982. The Red Bird Purchase Unit Ranger Station is located at Peabody. The land was originally bought from local landowners by a combine of businessmen from Manchester, who sold it to Peabody some time around 1907. The post office was first established as Annalee at the mouth of Big Double Creek on the Red Bird River on 1909-06-11, by postmaster and storekeeper Floyd M. Chadwell. He took the name from the daughter of his new neighbour, who was civil engineer Thomas A. Bird brought in to manage the land holdings for Peabody. With new postmaster Jewell L. Galloway on 1930-07-01 it changed name to Redbird River, gaining its final name of Peabody on 1933-03-01, at which point the land was not actually owned by Peabody any more. The land had in the meantime bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcum, Kentucky
Marcum was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky from March 11, 1908 to June 1984. It was named for postmaster Henry B. Marcum Jr, who originally established it just below and crosses from the mouth of Sugar Creek on the Red Bird River. Some time before 1928 it moved upriver by 1 mile to across from the mouth of Gilbert Creek, and remained there, located on Kentucky Route 66 east-southeast of Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ..., until closure. Cross-reference Sources * Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{ClayCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear Creek (Red Bird River Tributary)
Bear Creek is a stream Clay County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is a tributary of Red Bird River. Bear Creek received its name after a bear was shot there, according to local history. Tributaries and post offices Barcreek was established on 1900-03-07 by Elijah Herd, and remained in operation until March 1969. It was half a mile upriver on Bear Creek from its confluence with the Red Bird River. Its name was most likely a corruption of Bear Creek, but could also have been a reference to a large local sandbar. 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. Green L. Langdon moved it upriver in 1914, close to, or possibly at, the site of what was later to be Spurlock post office. It was relocated back to Bear Creek in the 1920s, and was up the creek when it closed. Spurlock post office was established on 1928-10-02, Silvania Herd's first choice of "Herd" similarly being rejected by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oneida, Kentucky
Oneida is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clay County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 410 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Oneida Baptist Institute. Goose Creek, the Red Bird River, and Bullskin Creek confluence to form the South Fork of the Kentucky River a few hundred yards from the center of the town. The major road that leads from the center of town to the Leslie County line is called "Bullskin". Demographics Notable people Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ... system, Oneida has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
