Stinking Creek is a stream in Campbell County, Tennessee, in the United States.[1]
Stinking Creek, a sulphur spring, was named on account of its naturally occurring unpleasant odor.[2]
Another theory for the creek's name dates to 1779–1780. This was attributed to many animal deaths during an unusually cold winter and the resulting carrion stench the following spring. [3]
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References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Creek (Campbell County, Tennessee)
- ↑ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
- ↑ STINKING CREEK TRACES ITS NAME TO BITTERLY COLD WINTER OF 1779-80 WHEN ANIMALS PERISHED
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36°29′45″N 84°06′33″W / 36.4959°N 84.1092°W
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