Sextons Creek, Kentucky

Sexton's Creek
Physical characteristics
Sourceforks at the headwaters of Bray Fork
 • coordinates37°14′00″N 83°52′06″W / 37.23345°N 83.86828°W / 37.23345; -83.86828 (forks at the Bray Fork headwaters)
2nd sourceheadwaters of Right Fork Gum Fork
 • coordinates37°18′17″N 83°54′23″W / 37.30467°N 83.90650°W / 37.30467; -83.90650 (Right Fork Gum Fork headwaters)
3rd sourceforks at the headwaters of Little Sexton's Creek
 • coordinates37°18′40″N 83°51′30″W / 37.31106°N 83.85836°W / 37.31106; -83.85836 (forks at the Little Sexton's Creek headwaters)
MouthSouth Fork Kentucky River
 • location
10 miles (16 km) upstream of Booneville
 • coordinates
37°21′33″N 83°40′56″W / 37.35916°N 83.68231°W / 37.35916; -83.68231 (mouth of Sexton's Creek)
 • elevation
648 feet (198 m)
Length24 miles (39 km)

Sexton's Creek is a creek in Clay County, Kentucky that is a tributary of the South Fork Kentucky River in neighbouring Owsley County, Kentucky. It is 24 miles (39 km) long.

It was named for a Sexton family of settlers who arrived some time before 1815.

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