Stinking Creek (Campbell County, Tennessee)
Stinking Creek is a stream in Campbell County, Tennessee, in the United States.
Stinking Creek, a sulphur spring, was named on account of its naturally occurring unpleasant odor.
Another theory for the creek's name dates to 1779–1780. This was attributed to many animal deaths during an unusually cold winter and the resulting carrion stench the following spring.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Creek (Campbell County, Tennessee)
- ^ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
- ^ STINKING CREEK TRACES ITS NAME TO BITTERLY COLD WINTER OF 1779-80 WHEN ANIMALS PERISHED
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36°29′45″N 84°06′33″W / 36.4959°N 84.1092°W