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.



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