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Dry Creek (Kentucky)

Coordinates: 39°04′14″N 84°37′28″W / 39.0706154°N 84.6243893°W / 39.0706154; -84.6243893
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Dry Creek is a stream in Boone and Kenton counties, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Ohio River.

Dry Creek was so named from low water levels during dry weather.[2][3]

A large wastewater treatment plant has operated on Dry Creek since 1979.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Creek (Kentucky)
  2. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 442.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, William (1962). "Place Names in Boone County" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant". Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

39°04′14″N 84°37′28″W / 39.0706154°N 84.6243893°W / 39.0706154; -84.6243893