Blackford Creek Explained

Blackford Creek is a stream in Daviess and Hancock counties, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River.

Blackford Creek was named for Joseph Blackford, a pioneer who was killed by Indians on the creek, and buried nearby.[1] However, another stated origin is that Blackford Creek was named after a hunter who camped and hunted by the creek. Blackford Creek is also named as Otter Creek [2] and Muddy Creek[3]

Features

The creek sits on a 107 meter of elevation, with humid sub-tropical climate, this creek is described as a Stream. There are also many localities around Blackford Creek, such as mines and factory mills, See more here. Map of Blackford Creek here.

Bridge

The Ray Road Bridge was a bridge that went across Blackford Creek, it was built in 1884 by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio. The bridge design is a Truss bridge with its length being 92abbr=offNaNabbr=off across, and 10.8abbr=offNaNabbr=off, with weight limit of 3 tons. However, the bridge today has collapsed or demolished.[4] Photos of the bridge here.

See also

References

37.9241°N -86.9774°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens.. 1883. Inter-state Publishing Company. 599.
  2. Rennick. Robert M.. 1987. Some Pike County Place Names: Leonard Roberts' Contributions To The Kentucky Place Name Survey. Appalachian Heritage. 15. 2. 51–55. 10.1353/aph.1987.0004. 1940-5081.
  3. Web site: Blackford Creek, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. live. November 18, 2021. Mindat.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118212244/https://www.mindat.org/feature-4284744.html . 2021-11-18 .
  4. Web site: Historic Bridges: Daviess County, Kentucky. 2021-11-18. historicbridges.org.