Carter Creek (North Carolina)
Carter Creek may refer to: *Carter Creek (Current River), a stream in Missouri *Carter Creek (Meramec River), a stream in Missouri * Irvington, Virginia, a town once known as "Carter's Creek Wharf" after a tributary of the Rappahannock River See also *Carters Creek Carters Creek is a stream in Maury and Williamson counties, Tennessee, in the United States. There was a Civil War engagement there on Monday, April 27, 1863, in which 128 rebels were captured by Union Cavalry. Carters Creek was named for Capt. ...

Carter Creek (Current River)
Carter Creek is a stream in Carter and Reynolds counties of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Current River. The stream headwaters are located in Reynolds County at and the confluence with the Current River is in Carter County at . The stream flows southwest to south and passes under Missouri Route 21 and U.S. Route 60 before entering the Current about two miles southeast (downstream) of Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he .... Carter Creek was named after Zimri A. Carter, a pioneer settler. See also * List of rivers of Missouri References Rivers of Carter County, Missouri Rivers of Reynolds County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri Tributaries of the Current River (Ozarks) {{Missouri-river-stub ...
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Carter Creek (Meramec River)
Carter Creek is a stream in northeast Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Meramec River. The stream headwaters arise approximately one mile east of Bourbon Bourbon may refer to: Food and drink * Bourbon whiskey, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash * Bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels * Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit * A beer produced by Bras ... at and it flows east to southeast for about 3.5 miles to its confluence with the Meramec at . Carter Creek has the name of a local family. See also * List of rivers of Missouri References Rivers of Crawford County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{CrawfordCountyMO-geo-stub ...
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Irvington, Virginia
Irvington is a town on the Rappahannock River in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. The population was 432 at the 2010 census. Located on a peninsula known as the Northern Neck, it has been designated a historic district. History From 1871 until 1893, the town was called "Carter's Creek Wharf" or simply "Carter's Creek", since steamboats docked at the relatively deep water confluence of a tributary that had much earlier been called "Cossotomen Creek" and later "Carter's Creek" after early settler John Carter, Sr., the father of the powerful colonial era politician King Carter, who was the Virginia agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary. The town formally adopted the name "Irvington" to honor Baltimore native Captain Levin Irvington following a 1891 referendum, since mail had been often confused between this town and that of Center Cross in relatively nearby Essex County. The original Chesapeake Academy, 1889–1907, was located in Irvington. Historic district The h ...
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Rappahannock River
The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It traverses the entire northern part of the state, from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west where it rises, across the Piedmont to the Fall Line, and onward through the coastal plain to flow into the Chesapeake Bay, south of the Potomac River. An important river in American history, the Rappahannock was long an area of occupation by indigenous peoples. Similarly, during the colonial era, early settlements in the Virginia Colony were formed along the river. During the American Civil War, due to the river's acting as a barrier to north-south troop movements, it effectively functioned as the boundary of the eastern theater of the war, between the "North" (the Union) and the "South" (the Confederate States of America). It was at the center of a major theater o ...
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