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Coordinates: 31°43′48″N 85°07′01″W / 31.73000°N 85.11694°W / 31.73000; -85.11694
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Pataula Creek is a stream in Clay, Quitman, Randolph and Stewart counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] It empties into Walter F. George Lake[2] on the Chattahoochee River.

Pataula is a name most likely derived from the Muskogean language meaning "flat".[2] Variant names are "Petaula Creek" and "Petewlah Creek".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pataula Creek
  2. ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

31°43′48″N 85°07′01″W / 31.73000°N 85.11694°W / 31.73000; -85.11694


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