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creek

[kreek, krik]

–noun

1.	U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.

2.	a stream or channel in a coastal marsh.

3.	Chiefly Atlantic States and British. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea.

4.	an estuary.

5.	British Dialect. a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess.

—Idiom

6.	up the creek, Slang. in a predicament; in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation.

Origin:
1200–50; ME creke, var. of crike < ON kriki bend, crook

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Language Translation for : Creek

Spanish:

cala, ensenada,

German:

kleiner Wasserlauf,

Japanese:

入り江

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Creek

[kreek]

–noun, plural Creeks, (especially collectively

) Creek.

1.	a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.

2.	Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians.

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creek (krēk, krĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.

A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook¹, kill², run.
A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.

[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]

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Creek (krēk) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Creek or Creeks In all senses also called Muskogee¹.

1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
2. A member of this people.
3. The Muskogean language of the Creek.
4. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.
5. A member of this confederacy.
1. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.
2. A member of this confederacy.

[From the picturesque creeks near which they lived.]

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creek

1449, creke "narrow inlet in a coastline," from kryk (c.1230), probably from O.N. kriki "nook," perhaps infl. by Anglo-Fr. crique, itself from a Scand. source via Norman. Perhaps ultimately related to crook. Extended to "inlet or short arm of a river" by 1577, which probably led to use for "small stream, brook" in Amer.Eng. (1622). Also used there and in Canada, Australia, New Zealand for "branch of a main river," possibly from explorers moving up main rivers and seeing and noting mouths of tributaries without knowing they often were extensive rivers of their own. Slang phrase up the creek "in trouble," often esp. "pregnant," first recorded 1941, perhaps originally armed forces slang for "lost while on patrol." The Creek Indian tribe or confederation (1725) was named for the geographical feature. Native name is Muskogee.

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creek
noun
1.	a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [syn: brook]
2.	any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

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creek

see up a creek.

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Hackers Creek-Skin Creek, WV (district, FIPS 04191480)
Location: (39.038977, -80.402884)
Population (2000): 6,218 (2,855 housing units)
Area: 99.644215 sq mi (land), 2.432886 sq mi (water)

Spring Creek East, MO (township, FIPS 06569775)
Location: (37.646892, -91.516937)
Population (2000): 4,552 (2,018 housing units)
Area: 41.172240 sq mi (land), 0.139630 sq mi (water)

Spring Creek West, MO (township, FIPS 06569825)
Location: (37.647627, -91.555409)
Population (2000): 4,046 (1,917 housing units)
Area: 47.066903 sq mi (land), 0.100242 sq mi (water)

Canada Creek Ranch, MI (CDP, FIPS 12980)
Location: (45.165517, -84.206261)
Population (2000): 405 (613 housing units)
Area: 7.780384 sq mi (land), 0.482552 sq mi (water)

Bear Creek Village, PA (borough, FIPS 07904599)
Location: (41.181794, -75.752985)
Population (2000): 284 (134 housing units)
Area: 1.852370 sq mi (land), 0.116017 sq mi (water)

Shoal Creek Estates, MO (town, FIPS 67632)
Location: (37.018662, -94.494721)
Population (2000): 51 (21 housing units)
Area: 0.104270 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Bear Creek Village, PA (borough, FIPS 04599)
Location: (41.181794, -75.752985)
Population (2000): 284 (134 housing units)
Area: 1.852370 sq mi (land), 0.116017 sq mi (water)

Shoal Creek Drive, MO (village, FIPS 67628)
Location: (37.039128, -94.522090)
Population (2000): 346 (155 housing units)
Area: 0.470337 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Cedar Creek Lake, TX (CCD, FIPS 21390652)
Location: (32.261155, -96.100624)
Population (2000): 34,362 (18,879 housing units)
Area: 328.607051 sq mi (land), 40.213048 sq mi (water)

Cedar Creek Lake, TX (CCD, FIPS 25790653)
Location: (32.409931, -96.183419)
Population (2000): 7,547 (3,147 housing units)
Area: 89.363631 sq mi (land), 14.551766 sq mi (water)

Cedar Creek Lake, TX (CCD, FIPS 46790654)
Location: (32.427724, -95.966405)
Population (2000): 5,413 (2,397 housing units)
Area: 154.339831 sq mi (land), 0.932705 sq mi (water)

Hunters Creek Village, TX (city, FIPS 35480)
Location: (29.769632, -95.500190)
Population (2000): 4,374 (1,523 housing units)
Area: 1.941441 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Flat Creek A, MO (township, FIPS 20924478)
Location: (36.729191, -93.528642)
Population (2000): 1,524 (938 housing units)
Area: 35.748154 sq mi (land), 3.476342 sq mi (water)

Flat Creek B, MO (township, FIPS 20924482)
Location: (36.696692, -93.511312)
Population (2000): 604 (593 housing units)
Area: 7.889897 sq mi (land), 3.140525 sq mi (water)

Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, UT (CDP, FIPS 45275)
Location: (40.601321, -111.825107)
Population (2000): 7,221 (2,305 housing units)
Area: 2.600866 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Warrior-Creek Stand, AL (CCD, FIPS 08793375)
Location: (32.283347, -85.552089)
Population (2000): 1,397 (620 housing units)
Area: 127.912527 sq mi (land), 0.404581 sq mi (water)

Spring Creek-Beech Bluff, TN (CCD, FIPS 11393176)
Location: (35.699190, -88.710615)
Population (2000): 8,628 (3,417 housing units)
Area: 117.775619 sq mi (land), 0.625851 sq mi (water)

Pike Creek-Central Kirkwood, DE (CCD, FIPS 00393108)
Location: (39.730212, -75.668922)
Population (2000): 42,312 (17,645 housing units)
Area: 14.492246 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Cedar Creek-Red Rock, TX (CCD, FIPS 02190655)
Location: (30.074899, -97.460202)
Population (2000): 17,066 (6,271 housing units)
Area: 256.833972 sq mi (land), 1.591865 sq mi (water)

Rock Creek No. 12, IL (precinct, FIPS 12993024)
Location: (39.932836, -89.821716)
Population (2000): 796 (305 housing units)
Area: 23.584080 sq mi (land), 0.015691 sq mi (water)

Bear Creek No. 4, AR (township, FIPS 12990177)
Location: (35.977728, -92.676907)
Population (2000): 900 (451 housing units)
Area: 46.669272 sq mi (land), 0.232344 sq mi (water)

Bear Creek No. 5, AR (township, FIPS 12990178)
Location: (35.910846, -92.643956)
Population (2000): 761 (424 housing units)
Area: 1.529489 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Bear Creek No. 6, AR (township, FIPS 12990179)
Location: (35.904073, -92.623334)
Population (2000): 924 (470 housing units)
Area: 24.928527 sq mi (land), 0.057163 sq mi (water)

Indian Creek No. 7, IL (precinct, FIPS 12991656)
Location: (40.084182, -89.799789)
Population (2000): 278 (135 housing units)
Area: 25.527418 sq mi (land), 0.110313 sq mi (water)

Creek, OK (County, FIPS 037)
Location: (35.972769, -96.302298)
Population (2000): 67,367 (27,986 housing units)
Area: 955.534846 sq mi (land), 14.230545 sq mi (water)

Creek, KS (township, FIPS 19116300)
Location: (37.336110, -97.738469)
Population (2000): 241 (82 housing units)
Area: 36.616394 sq mi (land), 0.018793 sq mi (water)

Creek, IL (township, FIPS 03917302)
Location: (40.108917, -88.855457)
Population (2000): 402 (176 housing units)
Area: 35.459923 sq mi (land), 1.422897 sq mi (water)

Clear Creek-Island, NE (precinct, FIPS 14390517)
Location: (41.330006, -97.452507)
Population (2000): 640 (519 housing units)
Area: 61.404126 sq mi (land), 0.124230 sq mi (water)

Goose Creek-Hanahan, SC (CCD, FIPS 01591274)
Location: (33.004838, -80.046507)
Population (2000): 93,144 (34,302 housing units)
Area: 149.186800 sq mi (land), 3.389286 sq mi (water)

Myrtle Creek-Riddle, OR (CCD, FIPS 01992057)
Location: (43.009410, -123.267573)
Population (2000): 13,300 (5,478 housing units)
Area: 244.945267 sq mi (land), 0.128720 sq mi (water)

Flat Creek-Wegra, AL (CCD, FIPS 12791116)
Location: (33.641999, -87.132236)
Population (2000): 2,010 (971 housing units)
Area: 31.228477 sq mi (land), 1.599237 sq mi (water)

Rock Creek-Lima, IL (township, FIPS 01564892)
Location: (42.074228, -89.793222)
Population (2000): 2,171 (925 housing units)
Area: 54.005114 sq mi (land), 0.011730 sq mi (water)

Flat Creek-Normandy, TN (CCD, FIPS 00391272)
Location: (35.407672, -86.364206)
Population (2000): 2,728 (1,116 housing units)
Area: 88.186404 sq mi (land), 0.094102 sq mi (water)

Burnt Creek-Riverview, ND (UT, FIPS 01511045)
Location: (46.939470, -100.802275)
Population (2000): 1,306 (458 housing units)
Area: 57.956773 sq mi (land), 0.915295 sq mi (water)

Sutter Creek-Plymouth, CA (CCD, FIPS 00593300)
Location: (38.457339, -120.802604)
Population (2000): 7,928 (3,703 housing units)
Area: 170.907323 sq mi (land), 0.103455 sq mi (water)

Rainy Creek/Cheyenne, SD (township, FIPS 10352720)
Location: (44.298127, -102.187619)
Population (2000): 36 (19 housing units)
Area: 91.330278 sq mi (land), 0.526412 sq mi (water)

Town Creek-Courtland, AL (CCD, FIPS 07993159)
Location: (34.688848, -87.338535)
Population (2000): 5,266 (2,552 housing units)
Area: 118.835984 sq mi (land), 13.510354 sq mi (water)

Eagle Creek, IN (township, FIPS 08919306)
Location: (41.287033, -87.292126)
Population (2000): 1,695 (666 housing units)
Area: 55.821907 sq mi (land), 0.190312 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 46214, 46254

Apple Creek, OH (village, FIPS 02232)
Location: (40.750568, -81.836878)
Population (2000): 999 (414 housing units)
Area: 0.606091 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 44606

Beech Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 04984)
Location: (41.074737, -77.585758)
Population (2000): 717 (315 housing units)
Area: 0.553281 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 16822

Bear Creek, PA (township, FIPS 07904592)
Location: (41.179754, -75.762902)
Population (2000): 2,580 (1,216 housing units)
Area: 66.185521 sq mi (land), 1.642296 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 18602

Falls Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 06525136)
Location: (41.142659, -78.805418)
Population (2000): 939 (427 housing units)
Area: 0.913915 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15840

Long Creek, SC (CCD, FIPS 07392015)
Location: (34.759770, -83.221714)
Population (2000): 2,176 (1,105 housing units)
Area: 117.452175 sq mi (land), 0.869780 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 29658

Spruce Creek, PA (township, FIPS 06173488)
Location: (40.612246, -78.141009)
Population (2000): 263 (146 housing units)
Area: 8.197357 sq mi (land), 0.057033 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 16683

Town Creek, AL (CCD, FIPS 09593150)
Location: (34.415726, -86.155231)
Population (2000): 2,669 (1,400 housing units)
Area: 67.094521 sq mi (land), 14.619850 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 35672

Bear Creek, AL (CCD, FIPS 09390225)
Location: (34.239063, -87.692406)
Population (2000): 5,198 (2,270 housing units)
Area: 102.913610 sq mi (land), 1.710362 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 35543

Mill Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 49552)
Location: (40.436666, -77.931033)
Population (2000): 351 (139 housing units)
Area: 0.371207 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 17060

Penns Creek, PA (CDP, FIPS 59160)
Location: (40.860555, -77.058207)
Population (2000): 668 (231 housing units)
Area: 1.150977 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 17862

Turtle Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 77912)
Location: (40.408018, -79.821802)
Population (2000): 6,076 (2,969 housing units)
Area: 0.979185 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15145

Swartz Creek, MI (city, FIPS 04977700)
Location: (42.958335, -83.831697)
Population (2000): 5,102 (2,355 housing units)
Area: 4.018721 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 48473

Spring Creek, PA (township, FIPS 12372952)
Location: (41.845528, -79.539494)
Population (2000): 872 (569 housing units)
Area: 48.743426 sq mi (land), 0.089362 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 16436

Elm Creek, NE (township, FIPS 01915395)
Location: (40.715714, -99.370314)
Population (2000): 1,241 (523 housing units)
Area: 47.959994 sq mi (land), 1.184202 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68836

Myrtle Creek, OR (city, FIPS 50950)
Location: (43.027036, -123.282334)
Population (2000): 3,419 (1,437 housing units)
Area: 1.751103 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 97457

Battle Creek, NE (precinct, FIPS 11990140)
Location: (41.981961, -97.571863)
Population (2000): 1,118 (420 housing units)
Area: 35.903736 sq mi (land), 0.005089 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68715

Stone Creek, OH (village, FIPS 74804)
Location: (40.397391, -81.558933)
Population (2000): 184 (70 housing units)
Area: 0.431003 sq mi (land), 0.000164 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 43840

Elk Creek, MO (township, FIPS 22921628)
Location: (37.417449, -92.458647)
Population (2000): 379 (186 housing units)
Area: 53.610733 sq mi (land), 0.096378 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 65464

Deer Creek, OK (town, FIPS 19650)
Location: (36.805326, -97.519098)
Population (2000): 147 (76 housing units)
Area: 0.138757 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 74636

Mill Creek, PA (township, FIPS 08549576)
Location: (41.403357, -80.042615)
Population (2000): 639 (265 housing units)
Area: 18.934076 sq mi (land), 0.407523 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 17060

Wolf Creek, MT (CCD, FIPS 04993990)
Location: (46.927664, -111.924202)
Population (2000): 2,119 (1,574 housing units)
Area: 730.600457 sq mi (land), 16.477316 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 59648

Blue Creek, OH (township, FIPS 12507370)
Location: (41.021630, -84.620072)
Population (2000): 804 (297 housing units)
Area: 36.202857 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 45616

Mill Creek, OK (town, FIPS 48500)
Location: (34.401179, -96.825189)
Population (2000): 340 (147 housing units)
Area: 0.379309 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 74856

Pond Creek, OK (city, FIPS 59950)
Location: (36.668676, -97.801944)
Population (2000): 896 (437 housing units)
Area: 0.835476 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 73766

Falls Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 25136)
Location: (41.143688, -78.803252)
Population (2000): 983 (445 housing units)
Area: 0.954041 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15840

Mill Creek, PA (township, FIPS 08149568)
Location: (41.308378, -76.787511)
Population (2000): 572 (238 housing units)
Area: 11.400085 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 17060

Long Creek, OR (city, FIPS 43550)
Location: (44.713629, -119.104333)
Population (2000): 228 (115 housing units)
Area: 1.022719 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 97856

Sale Creek, TN (CCD, FIPS 06592896)
Location: (35.338872, -85.104274)
Population (2000): 6,186 (2,674 housing units)
Area: 53.319410 sq mi (land), 5.797612 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 37373

Robinson Creek, KY (CCD, FIPS 19592928)
Location: (37.366095, -82.553154)
Population (2000): 3,699 (1,655 housing units)
Area: 34.696389 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 41560

Bear Creek, WI (village, FIPS 05575)
Location: (44.529649, -88.726849)
Population (2000): 415 (172 housing units)
Area: 0.924603 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 54922

Montezuma Creek, UT (CDP, FIPS 51470)
Location: (37.260329, -109.301565)
Population (2000): 507 (170 housing units)
Area: 12.115711 sq mi (land), 0.406543 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 84534

Mill Creek, WV (town, FIPS 54100)
Location: (38.731748, -79.972279)
Population (2000): 662 (325 housing units)
Area: 0.448431 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 26280

Rich Creek, VA (town, FIPS 66896)
Location: (37.383960, -80.821818)
Population (2000): 665 (312 housing units)
Area: 0.869283 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 24147

Stony Creek, VA (town, FIPS 75840)
Location: (36.946277, -77.399837)
Population (2000): 202 (118 housing units)
Area: 0.576139 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 23882

Beech Creek, PA (township, FIPS 03504992)
Location: (41.170420, -77.716255)
Population (2000): 1,010 (653 housing units)
Area: 96.216991 sq mi (land), 0.037588 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 16822

Big Creek, KY (CCD, FIPS 05190248)
Location: (37.168503, -83.634338)
Population (2000): 3,870 (1,606 housing units)
Area: 95.632653 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 40914

Mill Creek, WA (city, FIPS 45865)
Location: (47.861763, -122.204408)
Population (2000): 11,525 (4,769 housing units)
Area: 3.566714 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 98012

Welchs Creek, KY (CCD, FIPS 03193648)
Location: (37.315267, -86.625595)
Population (2000): 3,350 (1,420 housing units)
Area: 90.563270 sq mi (land), 0.348359 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 42287

Lost Creek, WV (town, FIPS 48748)
Location: (39.158451, -80.348165)
Population (2000): 467 (207 housing units)
Area: 1.012243 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 26385

Wilson Creek, WA (town, FIPS 79135)
Location: (47.423499, -119.122397)
Population (2000): 227 (108 housing units)
Area: 0.988040 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 98860

Spring Creek, PA (township, FIPS 04772928)
Location: (41.388620, -78.877796)
Population (2000): 260 (634 housing units)
Area: 63.601783 sq mi (land), 0.635384 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 16436

Silver Creek, NE (township, FIPS 02145330)
Location: (41.872488, -96.305740)
Population (2000): 175 (68 housing units)
Area: 35.903067 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68663

Beech Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 03504984)
Location: (41.074737, -77.585758)
Population (2000): 717 (315 housing units)
Area: 0.553281 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 16822

Falls Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 03325136)
Location: (41.143245, -78.796909)
Population (2000): 44 (18 housing units)
Area: 0.040126 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15840

Lance Creek, WY (CDP, FIPS 44615)
Location: (43.045452, -104.656628)
Population (2000): 51 (53 housing units)
Area: 42.013479 sq mi (land), 0.011217 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 82222

Oak Creek, WI (city, FIPS 58800)
Location: (42.884347, -87.899209)
Population (2000): 28,456 (11,897 housing units)
Area: 28.617663 sq mi (land), 0.008602 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 53154

Elk Creek, NE (precinct, FIPS 07390870)
Location: (40.385093, -99.927011)
Population (2000): 71 (35 housing units)
Area: 35.796953 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68348

Johnson Creek, WI (village, FIPS 38350)
Location: (43.079147, -88.771030)
Population (2000): 1,581 (659 housing units)
Area: 2.150556 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 53038

Elk Creek, NE (township, FIPS 04114940)
Location: (41.092134, -99.354545)
Population (2000): 146 (62 housing units)
Area: 94.975710 sq mi (land), 0.015959 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 68348

Francis Creek, WI (village, FIPS 27125)
Location: (44.202728, -87.722047)
Population (2000): 681 (280 housing units)
Area: 1.100895 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 54214

Fall Creek, WI (village, FIPS 25125)
Location: (44.762977, -91.276204)
Population (2000): 1,236 (495 housing units)
Area: 1.572395 sq mi (land), 0.029728 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 54742

Mill Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 06149552)
Location: (40.436666, -77.931033)
Population (2000): 351 (139 housing units)
Area: 0.371207 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 17060

Long Creek, OR (CCD, FIPS 02391683)
Location: (44.779938, -119.247983)
Population (2000): 857 (537 housing units)
Area: 992.715809 sq mi (land), 0.030887 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 97856

Grassy Creek, KY (CCD, FIPS 17591456)
Location: (37.897425, -83.399185)
Population (2000): 2,198 (983 housing units)
Area: 74.545770 sq mi (land), 0.239294 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 41332

Bear Creek, AL (town, FIPS 04852)
Location: (34.272400, -87.703374)
Population (2000): 1,053 (475 housing units)
Area: 13.498289 sq mi (land), 0.239861 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 35543

Wallins Creek, KY (CCD, FIPS 09593584)
Location: (36.825343, -83.420447)
Population (2000): 3,382 (1,519 housing units)
Area: 43.160157 sq mi (land), 0.003946 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 40873

Turtle Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 00377912)
Location: (40.408018, -79.821802)
Population (2000): 6,076 (2,969 housing units)
Area: 0.979185 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15145

Alum Creek, WV (CDP, FIPS 01396)
Location: (38.279034, -81.825657)
Population (2000): 1,839 (837 housing units)
Area: 17.180168 sq mi (land), 0.001020 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 25003

Dove Creek, CO (CCD, FIPS 03391064)
Location: (37.762067, -108.902693)
Population (2000): 1,598 (797 housing units)
Area: 298.645291 sq mi (land), 0.011528 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 81324

Town Creek, AL (town, FIPS 76584)
Location: (34.671518, -87.408311)
Population (2000): 1,216 (563 housing units)
Area: 2.692628 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 35672

Beaver Creek, MN (city, FIPS 13304492)
Location: (43.612572, -96.363465)
Population (2000): 250 (112 housing units)
Area: 0.494513 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 56116

Beaver Creek, MN (township, FIPS 13304510)
Location: (43.635858, -96.367946)
Population (2000): 391 (145 housing units)
Area: 48.204703 sq mi (land), 0.006053 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 56116

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Creek

Creek\ (kr[=e]k), n. [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook.]

1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. --Cowper.

They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. --Acts xxvii. 39.

2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. --Goldsmith.

3. Any turn or winding.

The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. --Shak.