Rottenwood Creek

Last updated

Rottenwood Creek (also spelled "Rotten Wood Creek") is a stream in Cobb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Chattahoochee River. [2]

Rottenwood Creek was named for Rotten Wood, a local Cherokee Native American. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coweta County, Georgia</span> County in Georgia, United States

Coweta County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of Metro Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the population was 146,158. The county seat is Newnan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Decatur, Georgia</span> Place in Georgia, United States

North Decatur is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 18,511 in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pine Lake, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Pine Lake is the smallest city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 752 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tyrone, Georgia</span> Town in Georgia, United States

Tyrone is a town in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. The population was 7,658 in 2020. The estimated population in 2018 was 7,388. It is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hampton, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Hampton is a city in southwestern Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 8,368. It is a southeastern suburb in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greenville, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Greenville is a city and the county seat of Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. The population was 794 at the 2020 census, down from 876 in 2010. The city is located 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luthersville, Georgia</span> City in Georgia, United States

Luthersville is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. The population was 776 at the 2020 census, down from 874 in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athens, Tennessee</span> City in Tennessee, United States

Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga. The population was 14,084 at the 2020 census. The population of the zipcode area is at 23,726

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peachtree Creek</span>

Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. It flows for 7.5 miles (12.1 km) almost due west into the Chattahoochee River just south of Vinings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary)</span> River in Georgia, United States

Sweetwater Creek is a 45.6-mile-long (73.4 km) stream in the U.S. state of Georgia, west of Atlanta. It begins in southwestern Paulding County, flowing generally eastward into southwestern Cobb County, then turning south into eastern Douglas County. It is a tributary of the Chattahoochee River, and near its end it is the centerpiece of Sweetwater Creek State Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sherrill, Missouri</span> Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Sherrill is an unincorporated community in northern Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately six miles north of Licking and is located just west of U.S. Route 63. Sherrill Creek flows past the north side of the community. The community of Beulah lies about 2.5 miles northwest on Sherrill Creek in Phelps County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Towaliga River</span> River in the United States

The Towaliga River is a 52.3-mile-long (84.2 km) tributary of the Ocmulgee River in central Georgia. The Towaliga begins in Henry County and passes through High Falls State Park in northwestern Monroe County, then traverses the county and joins the Ocmulgee near the town of Juliette. The river begins north of Cole Reservoir in Henry County where it is joined by multiple creeks, including Thompson Creek, Troublesome Creek in Spalding County, Long Branch, and Lee Creek to gain size. The river is fairly muddy above High Falls Lake, but it clears once below the falls where most of the river is rock bottomed. This region is about 50 miles (80 km) south of Atlanta and about 35 miles (56 km) north of Macon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Winston, Georgia</span> Unincorporated community in Georgia, United States

Winston is an unincorporated community, formerly incorporated as a city, in southwestern Douglas County, Georgia, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lenox Park, Brookhaven, Georgia</span>

Lenox Park is a neighborhood of homes and office buildings located primarily within the city of Brookhaven, Georgia, just east of the northern border of the city of Atlanta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Utoy, Georgia</span>

Utoy, Georgia was a small village located along Utoy Creek in present-day Fulton County, Georgia, USA. The vicinity, now part of metropolitan Atlanta, was the scene of the August 1864 Battle of Utoy Creek during the American Civil War and is today the site of Utoy Indian Village, a tourist center with renditions of historic Native-American structures and which offers a "Civil War Battlefield Tour."

Turniptown Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Ellijay River.

Kanaranzi Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Iowa and Minnesota.

Gap Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

Walnut Creek is a 30-mile-long (48 km) tributary of the South River in the U.S. state of Georgia. It originates in the city of Hampton in Henry County and flows into South River, which is a branch of the Ocmulgee River.

Pumpkin is an unincorporated community in Paulding County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rottenwood Creek
  2. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 193. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

33°52′35″N84°26′53″W / 33.87639°N 84.44806°W / 33.87639; -84.44806