Turkey Creek (Oconee River tributary)

Turkey Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] It is a tributary to the Oconee River.[2] The stream headwaters arise just west of Jeffersonville at 32°41′19″N 83°21′27″W at an elevation of 480 feet.[3] The stream flows southeast to enter the Oconee at Turkey Creek Landing approximately six miles southeast of Dublin at 32°25′35″N 82°49′45″W and an elevation of 150 feet.[2]

Turkey Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Creek-language name, Pennohatchee meaning "turkey stream".[4] Former variant names were "Pennohatchee Creek" and "Pinahachi Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turkey Creek (Oconee River tributary)
  2. Minter, GA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1986 rev.)
  3. Jeffersonville, GA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1985 rev.)
  4. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.



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