Apalachee River (Georgia)
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The Apalachee River is a 74-mile-long (119 km)[1] tributary of the Oconee River in the U.S. state of Georgia. It rises north of Lawrenceville in eastern Gwinnett County and flows southeast to join the Oconee River in Lake Oconee west of Greensboro.
It is spanned by the Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge.
Early in the period of European settlement of the region, the Apalachee was known as the Tulapocca, and subsequently, the South Oconee River.[2] Around 1790, the river became known as the Apalachee, for unknown reasons, as the Apalachee were a native nation whose home was hundreds of miles (kilometers) away on the Florida Gulf Coast.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 21, 2011
- ^ a b Seawright, John (25 November 1992). "River Rambles". Ghost Fry. Flagpole. Athens, Georgia, US. p. 8. LCCN sn94029049.
...Europeans began settling along the Tulapocca River in what is now Walton County..., because the Tulapocca was the southernmost main tributary of the Oconee, they renamed it the South Oconee. Around 1790, probably because of confusion with the other South Oconee, the river became known as the Apalachee. Why Apalachee? The Apalachee were a native nation whose home was on Florida's Gulf Coast. Often allied with the English, it is possible that a group of them had come north as hired soldiers, or as refugees If they ever lived in northeast Georgia at all, their stay was a short one.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Apalachee River (Georgia)
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
33°32′39″N 83°16′42″W / 33.54417°N 83.27833°W