Hassell Creek

Hassell Creek is a stream in Hickman County, Tennessee, in the United States.^[1]

Sources differ on the matter of for whom Hassell Creek was named. It may have been named for Zabulon Hassell, a pioneer who settled at the creek after 1806,^[2] or for "Black Jack" Hassell, a local moonshiner and politician.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hassell Creek
^ Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89308-242-0.
^ Scott, Jeffry (Jan 14, 2003). "Bush pardon lets Tennessee moonshiner go hunting". Times Daily. pp. 6A. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

35°48′35″N 87°17′27″W / 35.809789°N 87.290844°W / 35.809789; -87.290844

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hassell Creek

[2] Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89308-242-0.

[3] Scott, Jeffry (Jan 14, 2003). "Bush pardon lets Tennessee moonshiner go hunting". Times Daily. pp. 6A. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

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