Sardine Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Rogue River.

Sardine Creek most likely was so named after sardines, a foodstuff of prospectors.[2] Sardine Creek historical past can only start 1853, after a long chase starting atop Table rock Mountain down the backside north-west Along the River that the native American called Gold River, later to be given Rogue River chased through the area that was not yet called Gold Hill

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sardine Creek
  2. "Jackson County Place Names Database". Jackson County Genealogy Library. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

42°26′06″N 123°04′50″W / 42.43500°N 123.08056°W / 42.43500; -123.08056


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