Troublesome Creek (North Fork Kentucky River tributary)

37°29′08″N 83°20′46″W / 37.485647°N 83.346012°W / 37.485647; -83.346012

Troublesome Creek in Hindman, Kentucky

Troublesome Creek is a creek in Breathitt, Perry and Knott counties, Kentucky, a fork of the North Fork Kentucky River.[1] It is 41.46 miles (66.72 km) long with a gradient of 8.92 feet per mile (168.9 cm/km), normally free-flowing, and with banks that vary between tree-lined and open.[1]

Its headwaters are where its Left and Right Forks join at Hindman, the Knott County seat.[2][1] The creek flows down to join the North Fork of the Kentucky River near Haddix in Breathitt County.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b c d Maccracken 2017, p. 296.
  2. ^ a b Rennick 2000a, p. 4.