Bear Creek (Tennessee River tributary)
Bear Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama.[1] The stream flows approximately 80 miles (130 km) before it empties into the Tennessee River.[2]
Bear Creek's name most likely comes from the Native Americans of the area, who saw many bears near its course.[3]
References
- ^ "U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek (Tennessee River)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Tennessee River and Tributaries, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1922. p. 61.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8173-0410-2.
...Indian designations referring to encounters with bears.
Categories:
- Southern United States river stubs
- Alabama geography stubs
- Mississippi river stubs
- Rivers of Alabama
- Rivers of Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Tishomingo County, Mississippi
- Bodies of water of Franklin County, Alabama
- Bodies of water of Lawrence County, Alabama
- Bodies of water of Marion County, Alabama
- Bodies of water of Colbert County, Alabama