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Shaker Creek (Kentucky)

Coordinates: 37°50′50″N 84°45′57″W / 37.84722°N 84.76583°W / 37.84722; -84.76583
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Shaker Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1] It is a tributary to the Kentucky River.

Shaker Creek was named after the Shakers who settled near it.[2] A variant name is "Shaker Fork".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shaker Creek
  2. ^ Parrish, Thomas (29 September 2010). Restoring Shakertown: The Struggle to Save the Historic Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. University Press of Kentucky. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8131-3733-9. later called Shaker Creek, the site of the original settlement of the Shakers...

37°50′50″N 84°45′57″W / 37.84722°N 84.76583°W / 37.84722; -84.76583