Sinking Creek (Jessamine County, Kentucky)

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Sinking Creek is a stream in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in the United States. [1]

Jessamine County, Kentucky county in Kentucky, United States

Jessamine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2016, the population was 52,357. Its county seat is Nicholasville. The county was founded in December 1798.

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Sinking Creek was so named because it is a subterranean river for some of its length, disappearing underground before surfacing again. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sinking Creek (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
  2. ↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 396.

Coordinates: 37°59′14″N84°38′49″W / 37.9872996°N 84.6468877°W / 37.9872996; -84.6468877

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