Dreaming Creek (Kentucky)

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Dreaming Creek is a stream in Madison County, Kentucky, in the United States. [1]

According to tradition, Dreaming Creek was named on account of a dream of famed frontiersman Daniel Boone. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dreaming Creek (Kentucky)
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (6 December 2013). From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow: Unusual Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-8131-4613-3.

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