NC Gazetteer

Cudda Bum

A creek in Davidson County
… a creek, rises in NE Davidson County and flows S into Abbotts Creek. Named for Cuddahy Crouch, who lived nearby. "Bum" was his favorite expression and, when Cuddahy Creek was dammed for a mill, he began to speak of it as "a bum creek." From Cuddahy's Bum Creek the name Cudda Bum evolved.