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 people, 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
- ^ a b "Boyds Creek, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "SMHS - Early History of Sevier County". Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2006.
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