Steep Creek

Steep Creek is a stream in Boone, Kentucky. Steep Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Shor, as well as near Buffalo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Laughery Island and Belleview Baptist Church.

Laughery Island

Island

Laughery Island, also called Laughery's Island, is a privately owned alluvial island in the Ohio River in Boone County, Kentucky. The island is named after Archibald Lochry, the leader of an ill-fated group of Pennsylvania militiamen who were attacked near the island by Native Americans in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, a battle known as Lochry's Defeat.

Belleview Baptist Church

Church

Photo: UCIHGrad18, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Belleview Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church at 6658 Fifth Street in Belleview, Kentucky. It was built in 1903 and added to the National Register in 1989. Belleview Baptist Church is situated 2½ miles southeast of Steep Creek.

River View Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

River View Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Center Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. Designed by noted architect William Tinsley, the cemetery was established in 1869, and features curvilinear and contoured drive paths and radial burial arrangements. River View Cemetery is situated 2 miles northwest of Steep Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buffalo and Belleview.

Buffalo

Hamlet

Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Ohio County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Buffalo is situated 1½ miles west of Steep Creek.

Belleview

Hamlet

Belleview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 308 as of the 2020 Census, down from 343 from the 2010 census. Belleview is situated 2½ miles southeast of Steep Creek.

McVille

Hamlet

McVille is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. McVille is situated 3 miles southeast of Steep Creek.

Steep Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Boone, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.01284° or 39° 0′ 46″ north

Longitude

-84.85189° or 84° 51′ 7″ west

Elevation

456 feet (139 metres)

Open location code

86FQ247X+46

GeoNames ID

4309593

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