Stinking Creek is a stream in Knox County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Stinking Creek was so named because early buffalo hunters were known to leave corpses of animals they killed lying in and around the stream.
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Creek (Kentucky)
- Kleber, John E. The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 856. ISBN 0-8131-2883-8.
36°50′15″N 83°48′58″W / 36.837587°N 83.816033°W / 36.837587; -83.816033
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