Drakes Creek is a stream in Warren County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Barren River. Drakes Creek, as measured at Alvaton, has a mean annual discharge of 768 cubic feet per second.[2] Drakes Creek was named for a white pioneer named Drake who narrowly escaped with his life an attack by Indians.[3] The Shaker community of South Union, Kentucky, attempted a settlement along the creek, some 16 miles from their main village, in 1817, but the effort was abandoned in 1829.[4]

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  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Drakes Creek (Barren River tributary)
  2. ↑ "USGS Surface Water data for Kentucky: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  3. ↑ "Grave of "first white child born in Southern Kentucky" is in family cemetery east of city". Park City Daily News. December 4, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Paterwic, Stephen J. (2009). The A to Z of the Shakers. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-8108-7056-7.

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