Martins Creek (Kentucky)

Martins Creek is a tributary of Goose Creek in Clay County in the U.S. state of Kentucky[1] that used to have a Martins Creek post office.[2] It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and named for early settler Salathiel Martin.[2]

Martins Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyClay
Physical characteristics
MouthGoose Creek
 • coordinates
37°04′33″N 83°41′13″W

Tributaries and post offices

Its eponymous postoffice was established on July 10, 1876 by postmasters Marshall Corum and George D. Mahan, and closed on September 20, 1878.[2] It was located just downstream on the Goose from the mouth of Martins.[2]

The Wages postoffice was established on February 6, 1884 by William Wages, and closed in November 1885.[2] It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. His first choice of name had actually been Martins Creek.[2]

The Plank postoffice was established on December 7, 1906 by postmaster George W. Walker, and closed in September 1992.[3] It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth.[3] It served several lumber mills and the store of J. B. Walker, and local oral history is that its name was taken from a plank of wood propped against the wall of one of the aforementioned mills, a lumbermill practice that was used to boast that it had sawn the longest plank in the area.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Martins Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  2. Rennick 2000c, p. 25.
  3. Rennick 2000c, pp. 25–26.

Sources

Further reading
  • Rennick, Robert M.; United States Geological Survey (January 1954). "Ogle Quadrangle (1954)". Robert M. Rennick Topographical Map Collection. Morehead State University (560).


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