Packwood Creek is one of the four main creeks that flow through the city of
Visalia
Visalia ( ) is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California. The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census. Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 42nd most populous in California, and 192nd in ...
and the surrounding communities. It is a
distributary of the
Kaweah River
The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park ...
.
History
Packwood Creek was named after Elisa Packwood.
[Annie R. Mitchell, Land of the Tules: The Early Years of Tulare County, Interesting Facts About Our County (Fresno, California: 1972): 78.]
See also
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Cameron Creek
Cameron Creek is one of the four main creeks that flow through the city of Visalia and the surrounding communities.
History
Cameron Creek was named after Alexander and/or Monroe Cameron.Annie R. Mitchell, Land of the Tules: The Early Years of Tu ...
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Mill Creek (Tulare County)
Mill Creek is a creek in Tulare County, California. It is a distributary of the Kaweah River. It is one of the four main creeks that flow through the city of Visalia.
History
Mill Creek was named after Dr. Mathew's grist mill.
In 1910, Mill ...
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St. John's River (California)
References
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Rivers of Tulare County, California
Geography of Visalia, California
Rivers of Northern California
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