Boyds Creek, Tennessee

Boyds Creek
The French Broad River and rural fringe in Boyds Creek
The French Broad River and rural fringe in Boyds Creek
Boyds Creek is located in Tennessee
Boyds Creek
Boyds Creek
Location within the state of Tennessee
Boyds Creek is located in the United States
Boyds Creek
Boyds Creek
Boyds Creek (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°55′24″N 83°39′33″W / 35.92333°N 83.65917°W / 35.92333; -83.65917
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountySevier
Elevation
899 ft (274 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
37862, 37876
GNIS feature ID1314721[1]

Boyds Creek is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. It is named for a small southward-flowing tributary of the French Broad River of the same name, which itself derives its name from a Virginian trader, killed by a band of Cherokee people, whose body was thrown into the stream. The creek was the site of a 1780 battle (The Battle of Boyd's Creek) between white settlers and Cherokee angry at the settlers' encroachment onto their hunting territory.[2]

  1. ^ "Boyds Creek, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "SMHS - Early History of Sevier County". Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2006.