Pink Creek

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

The name Pink Creek most likely is a corruption of "Punk Creek", so named after the Indian settlement of "Punk Knot" along its course. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pink Creek
  2. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 177. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

33°22′43.42″N85°3′30.79″W / 33.3787278°N 85.0585528°W / 33.3787278; -85.0585528


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