Penholoway Creek is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the

Altamaha River The Altamaha River is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties ...

Name

Penholoway is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "high foot log". Many variant names have been recorded, including: *Fin Halloway Creek *Finhalloway Creek *Finholloway Creek *Finholoway River *Finn Halloway Creek *Pen Holloway Creek *Penholloway Creek *Phaenehalloway Creek *Phenholloway Creek *Phennohaloway Creek *Phin Holloway Creek *Phin Holloway River *Phinholloway Creek *Phinhotoway Creek *Pin Holloway Creek *Pinholloway Creek *Turkey Creek *Turkie Creek

References

Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state) Rivers of Wayne County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-river-stub