Lay Creek

Lay Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

Some say Lay Creek has the name of a pioneer settler named Lay, while others believe the creek took its name from the nearby military command known as Camp Lay.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lay Creek
  2. Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 32.


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