Buck Branch (Duck River tributary)

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Buck Branch is a stream in Hickman County, Tennessee, in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of Duck River.

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Buck Branch was named from the fact many bucks were shot there by early hunters. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buck Branch (Duck River tributary)
  2. Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 367. ISBN   978-0-89308-242-0.

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