Brandywine Creek is a stream in Shelby, Hancock and Franklin counties, Indiana, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Big Blue River.

Brandywine Creek was so named from the fact pioneers shared a bottle of peach brandy while camped there.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brandywine Creek (Big Blue River tributary)
  2. ↑ Indiana State Teachers Association (1914). Readings in Indiana history. Published by Indiana University. p. 160.

39°30′58″N 85°51′34″W / 39.51611°N 85.85944°W / 39.51611; -85.85944



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