Blackford Creek is a stream in Daviess and Hancock counties, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Ohio River.
Blackford Creek was named for Joseph Blackford, a pioneer who was killed by Indians on the creek, and buried nearby.[2] However, another stated origin is that Blackford Creek was named after a hunter who camped and hunted by the creek. Blackford Creek is also named as Otter Creek [3] and Muddy Creek[4]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blackford Creek
- ^ History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens. Inter-state Publishing Company. 1883. p. 599.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). "Some Pike County Place Names: Leonard Roberts' Contributions To The Kentucky Place Name Survey". Appalachian Heritage. 15 (2): 51–55. doi:10.1353/aph.1987.0004. ISSN 1940-5081.
- ^ "Blackford Creek, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States". Mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved November 18, 2021.