Rocky Comfort Creek is a
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Ogeechee River
The Ogeechee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 blackwater river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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* Related to the ...
. Rising in
Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War:
* Warren County, Georgia
* Warren County, Illinois
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northwest of
Warrenton, it flows southeast, entering
Glascock County and passing the town of
Gibson
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, then continuing south into
Jefferson County, where it reaches the Ogeechee River at
Louisville
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.
...
.
The name "Rocky Comfort Creek" most likely is an English translation of its Native American Indian-language name.
See also
*
List of rivers of Georgia
References
*
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
Rivers of Warren County, Georgia
Rivers of Glascock County, Georgia
Rivers of Jefferson County, Georgia
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