Canoochee is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Emanuel County,

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, United States. Its population was 70 as of the 2020 census.

Georgia State Route 192 State Route 192 (SR 192) is a state highway that runs south-to-north in an eastern arc around Swainsboro through portions of Emanuel County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Route description SR 192 begins at a ...

passes through the community.

Demographics

Canoochee was first listed as a CDP in the 2010 census.

History

Linguist

William Bright William O. Bright (August 13, 1928 – October 15, 2006) was an American linguist and toponymist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics. Biography Bright earned a bachelor's degree in linguist ...

believes "Canoochee" may be a name derived from the

Muscogee language The Muscogee language (Muskogee, ''Mvskoke'' in Muscogee), also known as Creek, is a Muskogean languages, Muskogean language spoken by Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole people, primarily in the US states of Oklahoma and Florida. Along with Mikasuki ...

, meaning "little ground". The

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incorporated the place as the "Town of Canoochee" in 1912, with town corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the Savannah and Statesboro Railway depot. The town's charter was officially dissolved in 1995.

References

Populated places in Emanuel County, Georgia Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state) {{EmanuelCountyGA-geo-stub