[1] The main Sexton's Creek itself lies in a syncline running from south-west to north-east.

[4] The creek mouth is on South Fork Kentucky River 1.875 miles (3.018 km) downstream of Road Run Branch at altitude 648 feet (198 m) above sea level.

[32] Located 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream on Sexton's Creek it served an area that was named Etta.

[32] The eponymous postoffice was originally named Section Creek in error when established by postmaster Henry Clark on 1828-05-24.

[33] The post office moved around to several locations over the years, serving a mainly rural area with stores and mills, including onto Little Sexton's in 1899.

[9] It moved back to Little Sexton's Creek and Clay County in June 1925 under postmaster Isaac Pennington, who located it at the mouth of Leger Fork.

[9] It was first located at Bond's store on Leger Creek,[9] moved back to Buncomb Creek on 1944-10-22 under postmaster Isham Hensley,[9] moved several more times between Bumcomb and Leger,[14] and eventually ended up 3.5 miles (5.6 km) upstream on Bumcomb when it closed in June 1957.

[14] The first Potters Choice post office was established on 1876-09-13 by postmasters Andrew J. Sams and Millard W.

[33] The name comes from a local Potter family who owned a lot of land in Jackson and Clay Counties before the Civil War, although the exact meaning of "Choice" is unknown, with hypotheses ranging from the Potters choosing the location to it simply being a "choice" place to live.

[34] It closed in September 1886, re-opened under Lewis again for the period 1890-04-29 to 1890-09-29, was re-established in a different location 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of the Burning Springs post office by postmaster Cathern Cress, and finally closed in June 1904.

[35] Originally it served an area of some 200 people with several businesses including a wagon factory, a store, and some mills; and was located in Clay County just west of a 1,360 feet (410 m) peak (37°16′44″N 83°52′59″W / 37.27880°N 83.88308°W / 37.27880; -83.88308 (the high knob at the headwaters of Huckleberry Branch)) at the headwaters of Huckleberry Branch,[35] a literally high knob.

[c] Postmaster Margaret McGeorge moved it over the county line to Gum Fork/Sexton Creek in 1897, just 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of its prior location, where it served a village named Stringtown, and closed in 1939.

[18] In 1918, J. M. Wilson had a mine 0.175 miles (0.282 km) upstream on the left fork (Robinson's Creek) of Gum;[22] and A.

Wood's 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) upstream on Cool Spring[36] and John Clay's into the same coal seam from Sexton's Creek 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) upstream of the mouth of Cool Spring Branch.

[38] Tengasco bought the leases to the Burning Springs gas wells in 1995, which ran for a period thereafter, but decided to shut them down.

[39] The village comprises several stores, churches, and a school and is today located at the mouth of Burning Springs Branch.

[34] When it came under the control of postmaster Lafayette M. Rawlings he moved it to his store that was in Burning Springs on 1888-01-17 and renamed it after the village.

[34] The Chesnut Branch has no connection to local chestnut trees, and the letter t was an inadvertent insertion into the name.

[18] The Chesnutberg post office (similarly, since misspelled Chestnutberg) was established on 1904-01-12 by the same Susan Chesnut.

[18] In the meantime, Dory post office had been reestablished on 1930-05-06 by postmaster Albert Craft, and had closed again in November 1933.

[32] It was located at the mouth of Sexton's Creek on South Fork Kentucky River.