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Sweetwater Creek (other)
Sweetwater Creek may refer to: * Sweetwater Creek (novel), ''Sweetwater Creek'' (novel), a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons * Sweetwater Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida * Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River), Georgia ** Sweetwater Creek State Park, in Douglas County, Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Echeconnee Creek tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Flint River tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Logan Creek), a stream in Missouri * Sweetwater Creek (Comanche County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Nolan County, Texas), List of Texas county seat name etymologies, namesake of Sweetwater, Texas * Sweetwater Creek (Wise County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Tennessee River), tributary to the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee * Sweetwater Creek in Frankston, Victoria, Australia See also * Sweetwater (other) * Sweetwater River (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (novel)
''Sweetwater Creek'' is a 2005 novel by American writer Anne Rivers Siddons. It is the story of a girl named Emily who survives her mother's abandonment and her older brother's suicide. She finds purpose in training her father's Spaniel, spaniels and takes refuge in the magic of Sweetwater Creek. A new friend enters Emily's life in the person of Lulu, a troubled daughter of privilege whose secrets threaten to destroy Emily's beautiful new world. Reception ''Publishers Weekly'' wrote that it was a "capable but uninspired story of a young girl's coming-of-age on the family plantation". ''Booklist'' reviewed the audiobook narrated by American actress Anna Fields. References 2005 American novels {{2000s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek, Florida
Sweetwater Creek is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is part of the census-designated place (CDP) of Town 'n' Country. The ZIP code for the community is 33634. Sweetwater Creek reported as an "unincorporated place" by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1970, which included much of Town 'n' Country census area. The population in 1970 was 19,453. Geography Sweetwater Creek is located at 28 degrees north, 82.6 degrees west (27.999, -82.559); or approximately eight miles northwest of Tampa. The elevation of the community is 7 feet above sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an mean, average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal Body of water, bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River)
Sweetwater Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Georgia, west of Atlanta. It begins in southwestern Paulding County, flowing generally eastward into southwestern Cobb County, then turning south into eastern Douglas County. It is a tributary of the Chattahoochee River, and near its end it is the centerpiece of Sweetwater Creek State Park. Sweetwater Creek was named after AmaKanasta (Sweet Water), a Cherokee chieftain. Since 1904 there has been a stream gauge near Austell (actually in Lithia Springs), at latitude 33°46'22"N, longitude 84°36'53"W. The watershed area above this point is . It is above mean sea level. The flood stage at this point is . The identifier for this gauge is ''AUSG1''. Major flooding occurred here in July 2005, after Hurricane Dennis dumped enormous amounts of rain across the Sweetwater Creek watershed, just after it ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek State Park
Sweetwater Creek State Park is a Georgia state park in east Douglas County, from downtown Atlanta. The park is named after Sweetwater Creek which runs through it. Cherokee people were forcibly removed from the area and it eventually became home to the New Manchester Manufacturing Company and mill town of New Manchester. During the American Civil War the textile mill and general store were burned down by the Union Army and the women and children taken away and eventually sent to Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana as refugees. Sweetwater became an official state park in 1972, driven in great part by the work of the Georgia Conservancy, an environmental organization that was formed during a meeting at Sweetwater Creek in 1967. The park features wooded walking and hiking trails, the George Sparks Reservoir, a visitor center, a bait shop, and a gift shop, as well as the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company. The Visitor Center displays artifacts that belong to Indigenou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Echeconnee Creek Tributary)
Sweetwater Creek may refer to: * ''Sweetwater Creek'' (novel), a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons * Sweetwater Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida * Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River), Georgia ** Sweetwater Creek State Park, in Douglas County, Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Echeconnee Creek tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Flint River tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Logan Creek), a stream in Missouri * Sweetwater Creek (Comanche County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Nolan County, Texas), namesake of Sweetwater, Texas * Sweetwater Creek (Wise County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Tennessee River), tributary to the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee * Sweetwater Creek in Frankston, Victoria Frankston ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located south-east of the Melbourne central business district via the Monash Freeway and EastLink, it is in the Local government areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Flint River Tributary)
Sweetwater Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Flint River The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from th .... According to tradition, Sweetwater Creek received its name when a quantity of cane syrup accidentally was spilled into its waters. References Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state) Rivers of Macon County, Georgia Rivers of Schley County, Georgia Rivers of Sumter County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Logan Creek)
Sweetwater Creek is a stream in western Reynolds and northeastern Shannon counties of the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Logan Creek. The stream headwaters are in Shannon County at and the confluence with Logan Creek in Reynolds County is at . According to historian Mayme Lucille Hamlett (citing W.A. Williams, then the Reynolds County superintendent of schools), Sweetwater Creek was so named on account of the hard water the stream contains, as "Hard water is often described as sweet water." See also *List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River *Mississippi River **Arkansas River (AR ... References Rivers of Reynolds County, Missouri Rivers of Shannon County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{ShannonCountyMO-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Comanche County, Texas)
Sweetwater Creek may refer to: * ''Sweetwater Creek'' (novel), a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons * Sweetwater Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida * Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River), Georgia ** Sweetwater Creek State Park, in Douglas County, Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Echeconnee Creek tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Flint River tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Logan Creek), a stream in Missouri * Sweetwater Creek (Comanche County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Nolan County, Texas), namesake of Sweetwater, Texas * Sweetwater Creek (Wise County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Tennessee River), tributary to the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee * Sweetwater Creek in Frankston, Victoria Frankston ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located south-east of the Melbourne central business district via the Monash Freeway and EastLink, it is in the Local government areas of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas)
Sweetwater Creek is a spring-fed stream in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma. It is a tributary of the North Fork Red River. The stream headwaters arise in northern Gray County, Texas at northeast of Laketon and southeast of Miami at an elevation of 3010 feet. The stream flows southeast into Wheeler County southwest of Mobeetie and under Texas State Highway 152 and U.S. Route 83 and through the southwest corner Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, and into Beckham County, Oklahoma, southwest of Sweetwater, Oklahoma. The stream turns south and southwest to enter the North Fork Red River 2.5 miles from the Oklahoma-Texas line. The confluence is at and an elevation of 1978 ft. The confluence is 6.5 miles northwest of Erick, Oklahoma on I-40. Sweetwater Creek is central to the range of the southern buffalo herd. Along its banks were located favored hunting camps of Plains tribes, such as the Comanche and Kiowa. The encroachment of American hide hunters at Sweetwater Creek was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Nolan County, Texas)
Sweetwater Creek may refer to: * ''Sweetwater Creek'' (novel), a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons * Sweetwater Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida * Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River), Georgia ** Sweetwater Creek State Park, in Douglas County, Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Echeconnee Creek tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Flint River tributary), Georgia * Sweetwater Creek (Logan Creek), a stream in Missouri * Sweetwater Creek (Comanche County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Nolan County, Texas), namesake of Sweetwater, Texas * Sweetwater Creek (Wise County, Texas) * Sweetwater Creek (Tennessee River), tributary to the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee * Sweetwater Creek in Frankston, Victoria Frankston ( ) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located south-east of the Melbourne central business district via the Monash Freeway and EastLink, it is in the Local government areas of Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies
An enlargeable map of the 254 counties of the State of Texas The following is a list of Texas county seat name etymologies, taken from the ''Handbook of Texas''. A separate list of Texas county name etymologies, covering Texas counties instead of its county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...s, is also available. A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z References {{Reflist Sources * Handbook of Texas Online'. ** Texas county seat name etymologies County seat name etymologies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Wise County, Texas)
Sweetwater Creek is a stream in Wise County, Texas. Description The creek rises east of Decatur, flowing east for 10 miles before meeting Denton Creek. Outlaws Jesse and Frank James are known to have camped by the creek. See also * List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers ... References Rivers of Wise County, Texas Rivers of Texas {{WiseCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
