Big South Fork

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · KENTUCKY

A historical populated place in McCreary County, Kentucky, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Big South Fork
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Kentucky
County: McCreary County
USGS Map: Barthell
Coordinates: 36.7172993, -84.5446616
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GNIS Feature ID: 1782005

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

just N of mouth of Rock Creek

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1782005. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Barr, Thomas C., Jr. Caves of Tennessee: Bulletin 64. Nashville, Tn.: Tennessee Dept. of Conservation, Division of Geology, 1961.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.