Stocking Head Creek

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Stocking Head Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to Fifteenmile Creek. [2]

The name Stocking Head Creek was applied to this stream for the local Native American custom of wearing camouflaged masks when deer hunting. [2] Variant names are "Stawkinghead Creek", "Stocking Head Branch" and "Stockinghead Creek". [1]

References

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

32°24′32.62″N82°1′48.43″W / 32.4090611°N 82.0301194°W / 32.4090611; -82.0301194


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