Martins Creek Martin Creek | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Martin Creek headwaters |
• coordinates | 37°03′36″N 83°37′33″W / 37.06007°N 83.62592°W |
Mouth | Goose Creek |
• coordinates | 37°04′33″N 83°41′13″W / 37.07574°N 83.68696°W |
• elevation | 830 feet (250 m) [1] |
Martins Creek (a.k.a. Martin Creek) is creek that is a tributary of Goose Creek in Clay County, Kentucky that used to have a Martins Creek post office. [2] [1] It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and named for early settler Salathiel Martin. [2]
The Creek is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from Manchester at altitude 830 feet (250 m) above sea level. [1]
Its eponymous postoffice was established on July 10, 1876, by postmasters Marshall Corum and George D. Mahan, and closed on September 20, 1878. [2] It was located just downstream on Goose Creek from the mouth of Martins. [2]
The Wages postoffice was established on February 6, 1884, by William Wages, and closed in November 1885. [2] It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. His first choice of name had actually been Martins Creek. [2]
In 1918, Silas Wages had a mine 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream on Moses Branch. [1]
The Plank postoffice was established on December 7, 1906, by postmaster George W. Walker, and closed in September 1992. [3] It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. [3] It served several lumber mills and the store of J. B. Walker, and local oral history is that its name was taken from a plank of wood propped against the wall of one of the aforementioned mills, a lumbermill practice that was used to boast that it had sawn the longest plank in the area. [3]
J. B. Walker's mine was 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream on Moses Branch, and his house was 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream on Martin Creek itself. [4]
Martins Creek Martin Creek | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Martin Creek headwaters |
• coordinates | 37°03′36″N 83°37′33″W / 37.06007°N 83.62592°W |
Mouth | Goose Creek |
• coordinates | 37°04′33″N 83°41′13″W / 37.07574°N 83.68696°W |
• elevation | 830 feet (250 m) [1] |
Martins Creek (a.k.a. Martin Creek) is creek that is a tributary of Goose Creek in Clay County, Kentucky that used to have a Martins Creek post office. [2] [1] It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and named for early settler Salathiel Martin. [2]
The Creek is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from Manchester at altitude 830 feet (250 m) above sea level. [1]
Its eponymous postoffice was established on July 10, 1876, by postmasters Marshall Corum and George D. Mahan, and closed on September 20, 1878. [2] It was located just downstream on Goose Creek from the mouth of Martins. [2]
The Wages postoffice was established on February 6, 1884, by William Wages, and closed in November 1885. [2] It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. His first choice of name had actually been Martins Creek. [2]
In 1918, Silas Wages had a mine 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream on Moses Branch. [1]
The Plank postoffice was established on December 7, 1906, by postmaster George W. Walker, and closed in September 1992. [3] It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. [3] It served several lumber mills and the store of J. B. Walker, and local oral history is that its name was taken from a plank of wood propped against the wall of one of the aforementioned mills, a lumbermill practice that was used to boast that it had sawn the longest plank in the area. [3]
J. B. Walker's mine was 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream on Moses Branch, and his house was 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream on Martin Creek itself. [4]