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Martins Creek (a.k.a. Martin Creek) is creek that is a tributary of Goose Creek in Clay County, Kentucky that used to have a Martins Creek post office.[2][1] It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and named for early settler Salathiel Martin.[2]
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The Creek is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from Manchester at altitude 830 feet (250 m) above sea level.[1]
- Its major tributaries are:
- Moses Branch 1.75 miles (2.82 km) upstream at an altitude of 905 feet (276 m)[1]
Martin Creek post office
Its eponymous postoffice was established on July 10, 1876, by postmasters Marshall Corum and George D. Mahan, and closed on September 20, 1878.[2] It was located just downstream on Goose Creek from the mouth of Martins.[2]
Wages post office
The Wages postoffice was established on February 6, 1884, 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]
In 1918, Silas Wages had a mine 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream on Moses Branch.[1]
Plank post office
The Plank postoffice was established on December 7, 1906, 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]
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J. B. Walker's mine was 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream on Moses Branch, and his house was 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream on Martin Creek itself.[4]
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