Beefhide Creek

Beefhide Creek is a stream in Letcher and Pike Counties of the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]

According to tradition, the creek received its name from an early incident in which a cow hide was hung to dry near its banks.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beefhide Creek
  2. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 12.

37°17′21″N 82°35′55″W / 37.2892720°N 82.5984882°W / 37.2892720; -82.5984882


This article related to a river in Kentucky is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.