Big Creek
Big Creek is a 4.5 miles long creek in Kentucky, United States whose headwaters are in Leslie County and that flows into the Red Bird River in Clay County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Big Creek, Kentucky” and “Big Creek, KY”
- Postal code: 40914
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bear Branch and Peabody.
Bear Branch
Hamlet
Big Creek is a 4.5 miles long creek in Kentucky, United States whose headwaters are in Leslie County and that flows into the Red Bird River in Clay County.
Peabody
Hamlet
Peabody was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky, United States that served coal mining and lumber company lands bought by Francis Peabody of Peabody Energy and eventually ended up as part of a national forest. Peabody is situated 2 miles southwest of Big Creek.
Eriline
Hamlet
The Red Bird River is one of two tributaries at the head of the South Fork Kentucky River, the other being the Goose Creek. It is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, in the southeast of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Eriline is situated 2½ miles northwest of Big Creek.
Big Creek
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Clay, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.16231° or 37° 9′ 44″ northLongitude
-83.5688° or 83° 34′ 8″ westElevation
866 feet (264 metres)Open location code
869R5C6J+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 153879509OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Big Creek” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大克里克”
- French: “Big Creek”
- Irish: “Big Creek”
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Highlights include Big Creek Post Office and Roberts Cemetery.
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