Stocking Branch

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Stocking Branch is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary of Bushy Creek.

A variant name is Stocking Creek. The creek's name is derived a corruption of "Stalking Creek", so named for the local Native American custom of wearing camouflaged masks when deer hunting. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stocking Branch
  2. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. pp. 213–214. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

33°11′5.53″N82°11′21.44″W / 33.1848694°N 82.1892889°W / 33.1848694; -82.1892889


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