Salacoa Creek

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Salacoa Creek [1] is a stream in Bartow (Old Cass County) County, in northwestern Georgia, United States, that is a tributary of the Coosawattee River. [2] Its own tributaries include the Pine Log Creek.

The stream probably took its name from a Native American (Indian) village in the northwest part of Cherokee County. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salacoa Creek
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 197. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  3. "Bartow County". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 24. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

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