- Vickery Creek
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river_name = Vickery Creek/Big Creek
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caption = Big Creek at entrance toChattahoochee River National Recreation Area , Roswell, Georgia
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mouth =Chattahoochee River
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watershed =Vickery Creek (Big Creek) is a creek located in Forsyth County and Fulton County in Georgia. The creek flows into the
Chattahoochee River at the southern border of Roswell where State Route 9 crosses the river.Much of the land east of the creek and west of Grimes Bridge Road in
Roswell, Georgia , forms the Vickery Creek unit of theChattahoochee River National Recreation Area .Vickery Creek is named after a Cherokee woman named Sharlot Vickery that lived in present-day Roswell and owned much of the land around the creek. The creek was originally called Cedar Creek; however, the name was changed to Vickery some time after the arrival of
Roswell King and family in 1834.cite book |title= Roswell, A Pictorial History |publisher=Roswell Historical Society |editor= Darlene M. Walsh (Editor), |edition= 2nd Edition |year=1994 |isbn=0-9615854-2-0]The creek also became known as Big Creek at some point after the
American Civil War .Notes
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*cite book |title= Roswell, A Pictorial History |publisher=
Roswell Historical Society |editor= Darlene M. Walsh (Editor), |edition= 2nd Edition |year=1994 |pages=pp.16,19,87 |isbn=0-9615854-2-0External links
*Gnis|311370|Vickery/Big Creek
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