Echeconnee Creek

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Echeconnee Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Ocmulgee River. [2]

Echeconnee is a name derived from the Muskogee language meaning "deer trap". [2] [3] Many variant names have been recorded, including "Echconna Creek", "Echeconno Creek", "Ichiconna Creek", "Icho-con-naugh Creek", "Icho-conno Creek", "Ichocunno Creek", "Itcheecono Creek", "Itchocunnah Creek", "Itchocunnau Creek", "Itchocunno Creek", and "Itchy Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Echeconnee Creek
  2. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 69. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  3. Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 140. ISBN   978-0-8061-3598-4.

32°39′52″N83°35′52″W / 32.66444°N 83.59778°W / 32.66444; -83.59778