Big Swan Creek
Big Swan Creek is a stream in Hickman, Lewis and Lawrence counties, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Variant names are Swan Creek and West Fork Swan Creek.[1] Big Swan Creek is a tributary of the Duck River.
The creek was named from an incident when hunters killed a swan at the creek before 1800.[2]
Its tributaries include Blue Buck Creek and Copperas Branch.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Swan Creek
- 1 2 Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-89308-242-0.
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