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Aarons Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the
Dan River The Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back int ...
in
Halifax County, Virginia Halifax County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,022. Its county seat is Halifax. History Occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years, in histo ...
. Aarons Creek forms the boundary of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia up to the Dan River.


Variant names

According to the
Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
, it has also been known historically as: * Aaron Creek * Aaron's Creek * Crooked Fork * Tewa-ho-mony Creek * Tewahominy * Tewakominy Creek * Tewaw-hommini Creek


Course

Aarons Creek rises in a pond about 5 miles northeast of Allensville, North Carolina, in
Person County Person County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The county seat is Roxboro, North Carolina, Roxboro. Person County is inc ...
and then flows north-northeast through
Granville County, North Carolina Granville County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,992. Its county seat is Oxford. Granville County encompasses Oxford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...
and into
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
to join the
Dan River The Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back int ...
about 1 mile northeast of Aarons Creek.


Watershed

Aarons Creek drains of area, receives about 45.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 421.02, and is about 56% forested.


See also

*
List of Virginia Rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ...
*
List of North Carolina Rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean * North Landing Riv ...


References

Rivers of North Carolina Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Granville County, North Carolina Rivers of Person County, North Carolina Rivers of Halifax County, Virginia Rivers of Mecklenburg County, Virginia Tributaries of the Roanoke River {{Virginia-river-stub