Pinch Gut Creek

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Pinch Gut Creek is a stream in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. [1]

Pinch Gut Creek was so named by the Native Americans on account of there being too little food available in that area. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinch Gut Creek
  2. Proffitt, Martie (Apr 17, 1983). "Local history offers tasty tidbits". Star-News. pp. 1C. Retrieved 1 November 2015.