Beefhide Creek

Beefhide Creek is a stream in Letcher and Pike Counties of the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]

According to tradition, the creek received its name from an early incident in which a cow hide was hung to dry near its banks.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beefhide Creek
  2. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 12.


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