Great_Alamance_Creek

Great Alamance Creek

Great Alamance Creek

Stream in North Carolina, USA

Great Alamance Creek, also called Big Alamance Creek, is a 37-mile long[4] creek that is a tributary of the Haw River. The creek's headwaters are in Guilford County, but it flows primarily through Alamance County, North Carolina. It is a major source of water for the cities of Burlington and Greensboro through the Lake Mackintosh Reservoir. It was called "Alamance" after an old local Native American word used to describe the blue-colored mud in the bottom of the creek.[5]

Quick Facts Great Alamance Creek Tributary to Haw River, Location ...

The creek was a part of the site of the Battle of Alamance, fought in 1771 between the colonial militia under the command of Governor William Tryon. When Alamance County was formed from Orange County in 1849, it was named for this battle and creek.

Great Alamance Creek has a tributary that is also called "Alamance Creek" - Little Alamance Creek, which is actually a little longer than Great Alamance Creek at over 12 miles,[4] much of it in Burlington. However, it has less water flow than Great Alamance Creek. Little Alamance Creek flows through City Park[6] in Burlington.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Alamance Creek
  • Aramanchy River (In the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map, the "m" is obscured at the fold.[7])
  • Aramancy River
  • Big Alamance Creek

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Big Alamance Creek Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. [4]
    Measurement Tool on Alamance County GIS found on the Alamance County Website
  5. [5]
    "The Colonial Period – Alamance County, North Carolina". Alamance County, NC Website. Alamance County, North Carolina. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Burlington, NC - Official Website - City Park". burlingtonnc.gov.
  7. [7]
    Fry, Joshua; Jefferson, Peter. "A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina, 1751". LOC. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 October 2021.


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