Silver Creek is a stream in
Floyd County and
Polk County, Georgia
Polk County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,853. The county seat is Cedartown. The county was created on December 20, 1851, by an act of the Georgia Gener ...
, in the
United States
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.
Silver Creek was so named on account of the
silver mining
Silver mining is the extraction of silver from minerals, starting with mining. Because silver is often found in intimate combination with other metals, its extraction requires elaborate technologies. In 2008, ca.25,900 metric tons were consumed ...
in the area. The stream lends its name to the community of
Silver Creek, Georgia.
See also
*
List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*Savannah River
** Abercorn Creek
** Black Creek
** Knoxb ...
References
Rivers of Floyd County, Georgia
Rivers of Polk County, Georgia
Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
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