Frogtown Creek

Frogtown Creek is a stream in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in the United States.[1]

Frogtown is the figurative English translation of the Cherokee language name, which literally means "frog place".[2] An Indian village once stood near the creek's bank.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frogtown Creek
  2. "The Names Stayed". Calhoun Times and Gordon County News. August 29, 1990. p. 64. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.


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