Penholoway Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] It is a tributary to the Altamaha River.[2]
Name
editPenholoway is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "high foot log".[2][3]
Many variant names have been recorded, including:
- Fin Halloway Creek
- Finhalloway Creek
- Finholloway Creek
- Finholoway River
- Finn Halloway Creek
- Pen Holloway Creek
- Penholloway Creek
- Phaenehalloway Creek
- Phenholloway Creek
- Phennohaloway Creek
- Phin Holloway Creek
- Phin Holloway River
- Phinholloway Creek
- Phinhotoway Creek
- Pin Holloway Creek
- Pinholloway Creek
- Turkey Creek
- Turkie Creek[1]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penholoway Creek
- ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 174. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Martin, Jack B.; Mauldin, Margaret McKane (1 December 2004). A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee. U of Nebraska Press. p. 179. ISBN 0-8032-8302-4.