Stinking Quarter Creek

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Coordinates: 36°01′01″N 79°25′26″W / 36.01694°N 79.42389°W / 36.01694; -79.42389
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Stinking Quarter Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of North Carolina.[1] It is a tributary of Big Alamance Creek.

According to tradition, the name "Stinking Quarter" arose from the putrid stench of carrion after a buffalo hunt.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stinking Quarter Creek
  2. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 127.

36°01′01″N 79°25′26″W / 36.01694°N 79.42389°W / 36.01694; -79.42389


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