Looney Creek (Poor Fork tributary)

Looney Creek is a stream in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The creek flows from its source at Black Mountain on the Kentucky-Virginia border, through the cities of Benham and Lynch to its confluence with the Poor Fork in Cumberland, Kentucky.[1]

Looney Creek in Cumberland, Kentucky

There are two ways the creek may have gotten its name. According to Green Cornett, a settler from the area, there was a man named Looney who was chased up and down the creek by Native Americans, but according to Ina Mae Enzor, Looney cleared a corn patch near the creek.[2]

References
  1. "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  2. Rennick, Robert M. "Harlan County - Place Names". Morehead State University.

36.9786438°N 82.9884696°W / 36.9786438; -82.9884696


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