Turkey Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Oconee River. [2] The stream headwaters arise just west of Jeffersonville at 32°41′19″N 83°21′27″W / 32.68861°N 83.35750°W at an elevation of 480 feet. [3] The stream flows southeast to enter the Oconee at Turkey Creek Landing approximately six miles southeast of Dublin at 32°25′35″N 82°49′45″W / 32.42639°N 82.82917°W and an elevation of 150 feet. [2]
Turkey Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Creek-language name, Pennohatchee meaning "turkey stream". [4] Former variant names were "Pennohatchee Creek" and "Pinahachi Creek". [1]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turkey Creek (Oconee River tributary)
- ^ a b Minter, GA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1986 rev.)
- ^ Jeffersonville, GA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1985 rev.)
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.