Blackford Creek

Blackford Creek is a stream in Daviess and Hancock counties, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Ohio River.

Blackford Creek was named for Joseph Blackford, a pioneer who was killed by Indians on the creek, and buried nearby.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blackford Creek
  2. ↑ History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens. Inter-state Publishing Company. 1883. p. 599.


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