Janie. it sounds like you just described my home.

I live in a Holler. Its narrow, very narrow but its long.
There are several springs that create small creeks, which in turn carve out this land further and further.
They usually dry out in the summer but come right back in the spring.
I can hear the folks who live 5 miles down the main road on a warm summers night. We could talk to each other by just talking a little louder than normal (hollering) from our back porches.

Diana