Culp Creek

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Culp Creek is a stream in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States. [1] It was named for John Culp, a pioneer who settled near this stream. [2] The creek flows northeast into the Row River. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Culp Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 28 November 1980. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. "Indians, Surveyors, Incidents Gave Names to Streams, Lakes and Mountains". Eugene Register-Guard . 4 January 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

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