1. Sinking Creek was so named because it sinks underground and resurfaces downstream.2. Sinking Creek is a relatively small and overgrown stream upstream of Potter Run.3. The community took its name from nearby Sinking Creek . 4. Flood waters pushed tracks off a concrete trestle over Sinking Creek in downtown Lebanon. 5. William H . Powell received his medal for actions at the Sinking Creek Raid. 6. The Bruner and McDaniels flatboat was tied up just below the Falls of Sinking Creek . 7. Sinking Creek was named for the fact it is a losing stream on its downstream portion.8. Sinking Creek was named for the fact it is a losing stream along part of its course.9. It crosses old US 460 in Newport and begins following Sinking Creek in a general east-northeasterly direction. 10. "' Sinking Creek Baptist Church "'is a church located in Johnson City, Tennessee.