Tates_Creek_(Kentucky)

Tates Creek (Kentucky)

Tates Creek (Kentucky)

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Tates Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1] It is a tributary to the Kentucky River.

Tates Creek was named after Samuel Tate, a frontiersman who ran up its course in the 1770s in order to escape Indians.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tates Creek (Kentucky)
  2. [2]
    "Tates Creek is Named for Settler Samuel Tate". Madison's Heritage Online. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

37°50′57″N 84°25′54″W



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