title: Turkey Creek (Oconee River tributary)
text: # Turkey Creek (Oconee River tributary)
  
  Turkey Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Oconee River. The stream headwaters arise just west of Jeffersonville at 32°41′19″N 83°21′27″W﻿ / ﻿32.68861°N 83.35750°W﻿ / 32.68861; -83.35750 at an elevation of 480 feet. The stream flows southeast to enter the Oconee at Turkey Creek Landing approximately six miles southeast of Dublin at 32°25′35″N 82°49′45″W﻿ / ﻿32.42639°N 82.82917°W﻿ / 32.42639; -82.82917 and an elevation of 150 feet.
  
  Turkey Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Creek-language name, Pennohatchee meaning "turkey stream". Former variant names were "Pennohatchee Creek" and "Pinahachi Creek".
  
  