Yellowdirt Creek

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

The creek's name is an accurate preservation of the native Muscogee language word Ikanlanihachi meaning "yellow dirt". [2] Variant names were "Yellow Dirt Creek", "Yellow Land Creek" and "Puchusehatchee Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yellowdirt Creek
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 259. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

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