Whitewater Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary)

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Whitewater Creek is a stream in Heard and Troup counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Chattahoochee River [2] within the waters of West Point Lake. [3]

Whitewater Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Creek language name Wehutkee, meaning "white water". [2] Variant names are "Hatchesoofkee Creek", "Wehutkee Creek", and "White Water Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitewater Creek
  2. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 253. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  3. Abbotsford, GA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1983 rev.)

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