Lotts Creek (Kentucky)
| Lotts Creek | |
|---|---|
Lotts Creek | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Young's Fork headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°16′55″N 83°01′53″W / 37.28191°N 83.03141°W |
| 2nd source | Kelly/Big Fork headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°16′20″N 83°00′53″W / 37.27225°N 83.01484°W |
| 3rd source | Clear Fork headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°16′55″N 83°05′19″W / 37.28198°N 83.08853°W |
| 4th source | Grigsby Creek headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°17′40″N 83°07′57″W / 37.29453°N 83.13238°W |
| Mouth | North Fork Kentucky River |
• location | North Fork tributaries at Hazard, Kentucky |
• coordinates | 37°16′57″N 83°11′32″W / 37.28260°N 83.19234°W |
• elevation | 820 feet (250 m) |
| Width | |
| • minimum | 6 feet (1.8 m) |
| • maximum | 25 feet (7.6 m) |
Lotts Creek is a creek in Perry County and Knott County, Kentucky in the United States. It is a tributary of the North Fork Kentucky River that joins it at Darfork 3 miles (4.8 km) downstream of Hazard at an altitude of 820 feet (250 m). It is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long from its mouth to where it splits into the Young's (a.k.a. Young) and Kelly (a.k.a. Big) Forks.
The most likely source of the name "Lotts" is a William Harrison Lott of Clark County, however there is contradictory evidence on various historical maps, including a spelling "Lots" that is used after 1850, where before 1850 it was regularly spelled "Lotts". The "Lots" spelling, according to one story, comes from when landowner "Danger Nick" Combs fenced off his land into lots; but in 1939 the U.S. Board on Geographic Names settled on the "Lotts" spelling.