Sugar Creek (Toccoa River tributary)

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

The name Sugar Creek comes from the Cherokee Indians of the area, on account of the Honey locust trees near the stream's banks.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sugar Creek (Toccoa River tributary)
  2. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 214. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

34°56′2.29″N 84°21′12.72″W / 34.9339694°N 84.3535333°W / 34.9339694; -84.3535333


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