Boggs Creek

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Boggs Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Chestatee River. [1]

Variant names are "Bagg Creek" and "Baggs Creek". [1] According to tradition, the name is after the individual Bagg family of Cherokees which settled near its course. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boggs Creek
  2. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 1. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

34°39′58″N83°54′10″W / 34.66611°N 83.90278°W / 34.66611; -83.90278


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