Tearcoat Creek (Kentucky)

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Tearcoat Creek is a stream in Clinton County, Kentucky, in the United States. [1]

According to tradition, Tearcoat Creek was so named when a young girl tore her coat while escaping a bear. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tearcoat Creek (Kentucky)
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (6 December 2013). From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow: Unusual Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 9. ISBN   978-0-8131-4613-3.

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