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

The name Pink Creek most likely is a corruption of "Punk Creek", so named after the Indian settlement of "Punk Knot" along its course.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pink Creek
  2. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.


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