Keels Creek

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Keels Creek is a stream in Carroll County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. [1] It is a tributary to the Kings River.

The stream headwaters arise at 36°19′55″N93°44′12″W / 36.33194°N 93.73667°W / 36.33194; -93.73667 and the confluence with the Kings River is at 36°22′12″N93°39′34″W / 36.37000°N 93.65944°W / 36.37000; -93.65944 . [1]

Keels Creek has the name of Keel Williams, an early settler. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Keels Creek
  2. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 337.