Drakes Creek (Arkansas)

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Drakes Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Arkansas. [1] It is a tributary to Lollars Creek.

Drakes Creek has the name of a local family of pioneers. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Drakes Creek (Arkansas)
  2. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 461.

Coordinates: 36°00′46″N93°52′54″W / 36.0128559°N 93.8815845°W / 36.0128559; -93.8815845