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Martins Creek
Martin Creek
Physical characteristics
SourceMartin Creek headwaters
 • coordinates37°03′36″N 83°37′33″W / 37.06007°N 83.62592°W / 37.06007; -83.62592 (Martin Creek headwaters)
MouthGoose Creek
 • coordinates37°04′33″N 83°41′13″W / 37.07574°N 83.68696°W / 37.07574; -83.68696 (mouth of Martins Creek)
 • elevation830 feet (250 m)

Martins Creek (a.k.a. Martin Creek) is creek that is a tributary of Goose Creek in Clay County, Kentucky that used to have a Martins Creek post office. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and named for early settler Salathiel Martin.

Tributaries and post offices

The Creek is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from Manchester at altitude 830 feet (250 m) above sea level.

  • Its major tributaries are:
    • Moses Branch 1.75 miles (2.82 km) upstream at an altitude of 905 feet (276 m)

Martin Creek post office

Its eponymous postoffice was established on July 10, 1876, by postmasters Marshall Corum and George D. Mahan, and closed on September 20, 1878. It was located just downstream on Goose Creek from the mouth of Martins.

Wages post office

The Wages postoffice was established on February 6, 1884, by William Wages, and closed in November 1885. It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. His first choice of name had actually been Martins Creek.

In 1918, Silas Wages had a mine 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream on Moses Branch.

Plank post office

The Plank postoffice was established on December 7, 1906, by postmaster George W. Walker, and closed in September 1992. It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. It served several lumber mills and the store of J. B. Walker, and local oral history is that its name was taken from a plank of wood propped against the wall of one of the aforementioned mills, a lumbermill practice that was used to boast that it had sawn the longest plank in the area.

General

J. B. Walker's mine was 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream on Moses Branch, and his house was 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream on Martin Creek itself.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 61.
  2. ^ Rennick 2000c, p. 25.
  3. ^ Rennick 2000c, pp. 25–26.
  4. Hodge 1918, p. 62.

Sources

Further reading

  • Rennick, Robert M.; United States Geological Survey (January 1954). "Ogle Quadrangle (1954)". Robert M. Rennick Topographical Map Collection (560). Morehead State University.
Municipalities and communities of Clay County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Manchester
City
Location of Clay County, Kentucky
CDPs
Other
unincorporated
communities
post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)
  • Bear Creek (includes Barcreek and Spurlock)
  • Big Creek (inc. Bear Branch, Jason, and Obed)
  • Collins Creek (inc. Willowdale, Lincoln, Abel, Williams, Sprule/Hemlock, Safe, Cottongim, Dallas, Green Road, Bluehole, 2 Hoppers, Fount, and 2 Girdlers)
  • Goose Creek (inc. Goose Rock, Henseley, Treadway, Seeley, and Brightshade)
  • Little Goose Creek (inc. Grace, Hooker, Rockgap, Sory, Tinker, and Urban)
  • Horse Creek (inc. Crawfish/Hima and Pigeonroost)
  • Laurel Creek (inc. Caution and Millpond)
  • Martins Creek (inc. Plank and Wages)
  • Peabody
  • Red Bird River (inc. Red Bird, Jacks Creek, Hector, Eriline, Spring Creek, Marcum, Antepast, and Gardner)
  • Sextons Creek (inc. Alger, Chesnut, Chesnutburg, Choice, Ethel, Malcom, Muncy Fork, Sacker Gap, Sourwood, and Vine)


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