Stoner Creek (Kentucky)

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Stoner Creek is a stream in Bourbon and Clark counties, Kentucky, in the United States.^[1]

Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,985. Its county seat is Paris.

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,613. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was created in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette counties and is named for Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark.

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

It was named for Michael Stoner, who settled near the creek in the 18th century.^[2] Stoner Creek is said to be where bourbon whiskey was first imparted with its distinctive color.^[3]

Bourbon whiskey is a type of American whiskey, a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. The name ultimately derives from the French Bourbon dynasty, although the precise inspiration for the whiskey's name is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, both of which are named after the dynasty. Bourbon has been distilled since the 18th century. The use of the term "bourbon" for the whiskey has been traced to the 1820s, with consistent use beginning in Kentucky in the 1870s. Although bourbon may be made anywhere in the United States, it is strongly associated with the American South and with Kentucky in particular. As of 2014, distillers' wholesale market revenue for bourbon sold within the U.S. was about $2.7 billion, and bourbon made up about two-thirds of the $1.6 billion of U.S. exports of distilled spirits.

Stoner Creek runs through Kentucky horse country.^[4]

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↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stoner Creek
↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 417.
↑ Scott, Berkeley; Scott, Jeanine (2009). The Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7385-6626-9.
↑ Sehlinger, Bob; Molloy, Johnny (1 June 2011). A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to Kentucky. Menasha Ridge Press, Incorporated. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-89732-826-5.

Coordinates: 38°18′19″N84°14′26″W / 38.3053535°N 84.2404874°W / 38.3053535; -84.2404874

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stoner Creek

[2] Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 417.

[3] Scott, Berkeley; Scott, Jeanine (2009). The Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7385-6626-9.

[4] Sehlinger, Bob; Molloy, Johnny (1 June 2011). A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to Kentucky. Menasha Ridge Press, Incorporated. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-89732-826-5.

Stoner Creek (Kentucky)

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