Sharps Creek (Kansas)

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Sharps Creek is a stream in McPherson County, Kansas and Rice County, Kansas, in the United States. [1]

Sharps Creek was named for Isaac Sharp, a pioneer settler. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharps Creek (Kansas)
  2. History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p.  811.

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