Originally Posted by
Milton Keynes
On one of my riding routes, there's a creek I cross called Fourmile Creek. I have no idea why it's named that, since looking on Google Earth it's around 8 miles long, not counting all the twists & turns.
Is it about four miles from a town, what used to be a town, or major intersection? Where I was a kid there was a place called Six Mile Corner because it was a highway junction six miles from town.