Thousandsticks Branch

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Thousandsticks Branch is a stream in Leslie County, Kentucky, in the United States. [1]

Thousandsticks Branch was named from the fact pioneers saw hundreds of tree stumps there like sticks. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thousandsticks Branch
  2. Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Coordinates: 37°11′06″N83°25′32″W / 37.185092°N 83.425462°W / 37.185092; -83.425462