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Martins Creek is a tributary of Goose Creek in Clay County in the U.S. state of Kentucky[1] that used to have a Martins Creek post office.[2] It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and named for early settler Salathiel Martin.[2]

Martins Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Clay
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Goose Creek
• coordinates	37°04′33″N 83°41′13″W

Tributaries and post offices

Its eponymous postoffice was established on 1876-07-10 by postmasters Marshall Corum and George D. Mahan, and closed on 1878-09-20.[2] It was located just downstream on the Goose from the mouth of Martins.[2]

The Wages postoffice was established on 1884-02-06 by William Wages, and closed in November 1885.[2] It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth. His first choice of name had actually been Martins Creek.[2]

The Plank postoffice was established on 1906-12-07 by postmaster George W. Walker, and closed in September 1992.[3] It was located 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream along the creek from its mouth.[3] It served several lumber mills and the store of J. B. Walker, and local oral history is that its name was taken from a plank of wood propped against the wall of one of the aforementioned mills, a lumbermill practice that was used to boast that it had sawn the longest plank in the area.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Kentucky

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