The South Yadkin River is a long river that flows through

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Davie Davie is a surname and a form of the masculine given name David. It can refer to: Surname * Alan Davie (1920-2014), Scottish painter and musician * Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1847-1889), Canadian politician and eighth Premier of British Co ...

, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes counties of

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. The mouth is located north of

High Rock Lake High Rock Lake is a reservoir located on the Yadkin River in central North Carolina in the counties of Davidson and Rowan. Built in 1926-27 by the Tallassee Power Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), the ...

, where the South Yadkin River meets the

Yadkin River The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, p ...

. Major cities along the course of the South Yadkin River include, Statesville in Iredell County and Cooleemee in Davie County. The South Yadkin River forms the border of Davie and Rowan counties.

begins at the confluence of the South Yadkin River and the similarly named and larger

Tributaries

Major tributaries of the South Yadkin River include: * Hunting Creek * Fourth Creek (see also

Fourth Creek Congregation The community of the Fourth Creek Congregation was a group of Scots-Irish Presbyterians who first arrived in the Province of North Carolina in the mid to late 1730s and established a congregation by 1750 under pastor John Thompson in Anson Coun ...

) * Third Creek * Second Creek and tributaries: Withrow's Creek, Back Creek, Cathy's Creek, and Sill's Creek Sill's Creek was named for an early settler, John Sill, who settled there in 1749. Cathy's Creek was named for James Cathey, another early Rowan County settler. The Back Creek Presbyterian Church, named for the Creek, was founded in 1805.

External links

USGS flow data for the South Yadkin River

References

Rivers of North Carolina Rivers of Alexander County, North Carolina Rivers of Davie County, North Carolina Rivers of Iredell County, North Carolina Rivers of Rowan County, North Carolina Rivers of Wilkes County, North Carolina Tributaries of the Pee Dee River {{NorthCarolina-river-stub