Dog Creek is a stream in Hickman and Maury counties, Tennessee, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Lick Creek.

Dog Creek was so named from an incident when an early settler killed a wolf (he called it a "dog wolf") that was preying on his farm animals.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dog Creek (Lick Creek tributary)
  2. ↑ Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-89308-242-0.

35°49′11″N 87°16′29″W / 35.819789°N 87.274732°W / 35.819789; -87.274732



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