감천의 옛 이름은 감내로 감은 ‘검’에서 온 것으로 ‘검’은 신이란 뜻이며, 천은 ‘내’를 한자로 적은 것 이다.
The original name of Gamcheon was Gamnae. Here, the word Gam is a derivative of Geom, which means “god.” And Nae is a Korean expression of Cheon, which is a Chinese word that means “a stream.”