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Bear Creek is a creek that is a tributary of the Red Bird River in Clay County, Kentucky.[1]
Bear Creek | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Highest headwater of the three forks |
• coordinates | 37°09′05″N 83°41′14″W |
2nd source | Confluence of the three forks |
• coordinates | 37°10′39″N 83°39′52″W |
Mouth | Red Bird River[1] |
• location | 6.25 miles (10.06 km) upstream[1] |
• coordinates | 37°13′42″N 83°38′09″W |
• elevation | 752 feet (229 m)[1] |
Basin features | |
post offices |
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Bear Creek received its name after a bear was shot there, according to local history.[2]
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]
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 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) up the creek when it closed in March 1969.[6]
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]
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]
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