I live in an area that was named for barges that used to ship products thru the village many many years ago. Called appriopriately, Arkport. Today, there is no river so to speak. There is the river bed, that is used by the farmers and is called muck land. This soil is very rich, grows produce nicely and is very black in color. Its like really nutrient peat. Rumor has it that under that muck land, there is still presence of water and the ground can get kinda jiggly at times..depending on how much the ground is worked. ..
that's the best I could do on our little country town.
as andy rooney says, now you know...