Tiger Creek (Georgia)

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Tiger Creek is a stream in Catoosa County and Whitfield County, Georgia, in the United States. [1]

Catoosa County, Georgia County in the United States

Catoosa County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,942. The county seat is Ringgold. The county was created on December 5, 1853. The meaning of the Cherokee language name "Catoosa" is obscure.

Whitfield County, Georgia County in the United States

Whitfield County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census shows a population of 102,599. The county seat is Dalton. The county was created on December 30, 1851.

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Tiger Creek was named for a Cherokee Indian. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tiger Creek (Georgia)
  2. "Catoosa County". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 34. Retrieved 24 April 2015.