You will probably get a lot of answers on your question. The creek sinks and disappears before it reaches New River. The creek flows from Craig to New River in Giles. Giles is in a limestone belt and there are many caves. I as sure Sinking Creek flows through a cave to reach the river. At 10:58 PM 4/30/99 -0700, you wrote: >I'm researching KARR, WEBB and TAYLOR in Sinking Creek, Graig, VA. On >the 1860 census it is called: The Valley of the Sinking Creek. Could >someone tell me why and how it got this name? > >Bette > > >==== VAGILES Mailing List ==== >Have you visited the Giles County VaGenWeb page recently? >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagiles/ >