Tates Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1] It is a tributary to the Kentucky River.
Tates Creek was named after Samuel Tate, a frontiersman who ran up its course in the 1770s in order to escape Indians.[2]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tates Creek (Kentucky)
- ^ "Tates Creek is Named for Settler Samuel Tate". Madison's Heritage Online. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
37°50′57″N 84°25′54″W / 37.84917°N 84.43167°W