Standing Boy Creek is a
stream
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
.
It is a tributary to the
Chattahoochee River
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.
Name
The name "Standing Boy Creek" is the English translation of an old Native American name.
Many variant names have been recorded:
*Cheepounhuiltee Creek
*Chepounhuiltee Creek
*Chessethulucco
*Chiponusihuili
*Chucethlocco Creek
*Chusethlocco Creek
*Chusethuicco
*Chussethlucco Creek
*Douglas Creek
*End Creek
*Hatchauxa Creek
*Hatchee Uxa Creek
*Mountain Creek
See also
*
Standing Boy Creek State Park
References
Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
Rivers of Harris County, Georgia
Rivers of Muscogee County, Georgia
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