Blackford Creek

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

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Blackford Creek was named for Joseph Blackford, a pioneer who was killed by Indians on the creek, and buried nearby. [2] However, another stated origin is that Blackford Creek was named after a hunter who camped and hunted by the creek. Blackford Creek is also named as Otter Creek [3] and Muddy Creek [4]

Features

The creek sits on a 107 meter of elevation, with humid sub-tropical climate, this creek is described as a Stream. There are also many localities around Blackford Creek, such as mines and factory mills, See more here. Map of Blackford Creek here.

Bridge

The Ray Road Bridge was a bridge that went across Blackford Creek, it was built in 1884 by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio. The bridge design is a Truss bridge with its length being 92 feet (28 meters) across, and 10.8 feet (3.3 meters), with weight limit of 3 tons. However, the bridge today has collapsed or demolished. [5] Photos of the bridge here.

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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.
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). "Some Pike County Place Names: Leonard Roberts' Contributions To The Kentucky Place Name Survey". Appalachian Heritage. 15 (2): 51–55. doi:10.1353/aph.1987.0004. ISSN   1940-5081.
  4. "Blackford Creek, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States". Mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  5. "Historic Bridges: Daviess County, Kentucky". historicbridges.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

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