Boyds Creek, Tennessee






Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States






































Boyds Creek
Unincorporated community



Boyds Creek is located in Tennessee

Boyds Creek

Boyds Creek



Location within the state of Tennessee

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Boyds Creek is located in the United States

Boyds Creek

Boyds Creek



Boyds Creek (the United States)

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Coordinates: 35°55′24″N 83°39′33″W / 35.92333°N 83.65917°W / 35.92333; -83.65917Coordinates: 35°55′24″N 83°39′33″W / 35.92333°N 83.65917°W / 35.92333; -83.65917
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Sevier
Elevation

899 ft (274 m)
Time zone
UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)
UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
37862

GNIS feature ID
1314721[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 Indians, 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]



Geography


The community has a mean elevation of 899 feet (274 metres).[1]



References





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  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2006.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)












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