Whooping Creek

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Whooping Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Chattahoochee River. [2]

The name "Whooping Creek" is a preservation of its native Creek language name weturncau ("rumbling water"). [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whooping 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.

33°26′12.41″N84°59′44.79″W / 33.4367806°N 84.9957750°W / 33.4367806; -84.9957750


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