Boat Branch is a stream in Hickman County, Tennessee, in the United States.[1]

History

Boat Branch was named from the fact flatboats were built and kept there.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boat Branch
  2. ↑ Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-89308-242-0.

35°44′59″N 87°18′14″W / 35.7497908°N 87.3038998°W / 35.7497908; -87.3038998



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