Rebel Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

According to tradition, Rebel Creek was named by a Southern sympathizer who won naming rights in a fight against a Northern foe.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rebel Creek (Nevada)
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 38.

41°37′28″N 117°49′58″W / 41.62444°N 117.83278°W / 41.62444; -117.83278



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