STREAMS, BRANCHES AND CREEKS of SHELBY COUNTY

STREAMS, BRANCHES AND CREEKS of SHELBY COUNTY

Auhaha	Later called Salt River
Baker Branch	Near Lakenan and Burksville
Bear Creek	Near Hagers Grove and Redman
Bell's Branch	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. Named for Samuel Bell.
Black Creek	Near Lakenan, Burksville, Shelbyville, Hagers Grove and Leonard.
Board Branch	Near Newark. [Knox Co. Line.] Named for the abundance of board timber along its banks at an early day.
Briggs Branch	Near Shelbyville, Shelbina, Lentner and Hagers Grove.
Broughton's Branch	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. Named for W.B. Broughton.
Cat Branch	Near Hagers Grove and Lentner.
Chinns's Branch	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. Named for W.S. Chinn.
Clear Creek	East of Shelbyville in the SW part of Tiger Fork Twp. Near Burksville.
Crooked Creek	Between Clarence and Lentner.
Dirty Fork	Also called Garnett Branch.
Faubius River
Garnett Branch	Near Bethel and Leonard. Also called Dirty Fork.
Gray Branch	Near Leonard.
Hale Branch	Between Shelbina and Shelbyville.
Hawkins's Branch	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. Named for William Hawkins.
Hilton Branch	Near Leonard
Holman's Branch	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. Named for Thomas Holman.
Jake's Creek	Became known later as Black Creek
Jones Branch	Near Newark. [Knox Co. Line.]
Looney Creek	Near Burksville. Named for the family of Carolina Looney.
Mesner Branch	Shelbyville, Bethel and Leonard.
Moreland Branch	Emden and Burksville.
Mud Creek	Appears to have been in Jefferson Township.
North River
Oak Dale Branch	Near Burksville.
Old Channel North Fork Salt River	Near Redman.
Otter Creek	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. So named for the many otter found there in the early days. South of Clarence and Northwest of Maud.
Parker's Branch	Near Burksville. Named for George Parker.
Payton's Branch	Mentioned in the Shelby Co. History 1884. Named for John Payton.
Perry Branch	Near Hagers Grove and Leonard.
Pollard's Branch	Shelbyville and Hagers Grove. Western part of Black Creek Township. Named for Elijah Pollard.
Salt River
Sherry Branch	Hunnewell, Lakenan and Burksville.
Sink Branch	Near Hagers Grove.
Spring Branch	Bethel Township. Near Newark. [Knox Co. Line.]
Ten Mile Creek	South of Hagers Grove and North of Clarence.
Thomas Branch	Bethel and Newark. [Knox Co. Line.]
Thomas Creek	Near Lakenan.
Tiger Fork	Emden, Burksvill, Bethel and Newark. [Knox Co. Line.] Also called Tiger Creek.
Weldons Branch	Burksville.

BACK to Shelby County Main Page:

This information submitted by Suzanne Graves Crawford

Sources include:

The History of Shelby Co. 1884

The USGS site

Map of Shelby Co.

7 Jan 1999