NC Gazetteer

Shit-Britches Creek

Also known as: Dirty Britches Creek
A creek in Buncombe County
… rises in SE Buncombe County on Burney Mountain and flows NW into Cane Creek. Named by early settlers who saw an Indian washing himself in the stream after an "accident" in his britches. The name appears frequently in early deeds but also is called Dirty Britches Creek.