Mulberry Creek (Tennessee River tributary)

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Mulberry Creek

Mulberry Creek is a short tributary of the Tennessee River in Colbert County in northern Alabama in the United States. [1] [2] The stream enters the Pickwick Lake portion of the Tennessee River from the southwest. The confluence is three miles east of Cherokee and the stream crosses US Route 72 about two miles west of Barton. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mulberry Creek (Tennessee River tributary)
  2. Alabama Department of Transportation (1997). "County Highway Maps". University of Alabama. Archived from the original (Lizardtech Plugin) on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
  3. Cherokee, Alabama and Barton, Alabama, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1953-4 (1989 rev)

Coordinates: 34°46′39″N87°53′30″W / 34.77750°N 87.89167°W / 34.77750; -87.89167