Laurel Creek, Kentucky

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Laurel Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyClay
Physical characteristics
MouthGoose Creek
 • coordinates
37°12′59″N 83°43′03″W / 37.21632°N 83.71759°W / 37.21632; -83.71759Coordinates: 37°12′59″N 83°43���03″W / 37.21632°N 83.71759°W / 37.21632; -83.71759

Laurel Creek is a tributary of Goose Creek river in Clay County in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1][2] It is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long.[2] The name comes from the proliferation of mountain laurel on its riverbanks.[2]

Tributaries and post offices[]

Its eponymous post office was established by Joseph Hubbard on 1865-04-21, lasting until 1968.[2] It was originally located at the mouth of what is now named Morgan Branch, a tributary of Laurel Creek that used to be named Falls Branch, and primarily served the area of .[2] It moved 3 miles downstream to the mouth of Collins Fork, another Laurel tributary, some time before 1902.[2] It was a rural branch of Manchester post office from 1966 until its closure.[2]

Morgan Branch is also the location of the village, school, and postoffice of Fall Rock.[3]

Hubbardsville's second post office was named Caution, from 1902 to 1918, although postmaster George Hall wanted to call it Clio after his 5-year-old daughter.[2] That clashed with an existing post office of the same name in Whitley County, however.[2]

The Millpond post office was originally named Bessie by postmaster John L. Campbell, who operated it between 1907-11-15 and 1909-06-15, possibly after his wife Elizabeth.[3] Its second postmaster Oscar Hornsby, who reëstablished it on 1921-05-14 in his own general store near to Lower Laurel School, wanted to retain the name; but the name Millpond was assigned instead.[3] Local oral histories disagree as to the origin of this name.[3] It was either named after the pond of Joe Hornsby's flour mill that was built in the 1880s, or it was named after the pond of an old sawmill.[3] Either way, the mill has long since vanished; and at the time of closure in August 1963 the postoffice was located just downstream of Mill Pond Hollow, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) up Laurel Creek.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Laurel Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Rennick 2000c, p. 15.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Rennick 2000c, p. 16.

Sources[]

Further reading[]

  • Rennick, Robert M.; United States Geological Survey. "Barcreek Quadrangle (1952)". Robert M. Rennick Topographical Map Collection. Morehead State University (33).
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