Yellowdirt Creek

Last updated September 05, 2025

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]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yellowdirt Creek
↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 259. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2019-07-01.

33°27′17″N85°04′10″W / 33.4547°N 85.0695°W / 33.4547; -85.0695

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[GNIS-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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2019-07-01.

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