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Map of the Altamaha River system with Oconee highlighted. The Oconee River is a 220-mile-long (350 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Georgia.Its origin is in Hall County and it terminates where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County.
Lake Oconee is a reservoir in central Georgia, United States, on the Oconee River near Greensboro and Eatonton. It was created in 1979 when Georgia Power completed the construction of the Wallace Dam on the Oconee River. Lake Oconee runs through Georgia's Morgan, Greene, and Putnam counties and is separated from its sister lake, Sinclair, by ...
Little Ohoopee River; Little River (Columbia County, Georgia) Little River (Etowah River tributary) Little River (Oconee River tributary) Little River (Withlacoochee River tributary) Little Satilla Creek; Little Satilla River; Little Tallapoosa River; Little Tennessee River; Mackay River; Medway River; Middle Oconee River; Mountain Oak Creek ...
The city's name derives from the Oconee, a Hitchiti-speaking tribe who inhabited central Georgia from 1692 until 1715. The Oconee lived in present-day Baldwin County, Georgia at a settlement known as Oconee Old Town, later moving to the Chattahoochee River in the early 18th century. The name exists in several variations, including Ocone, Oconi ...
At around 5:30pm, boaters on Richland Creek, which connects to the Oconee River and Lake Oconee, reported seeing an empty 12-foot boat idling in circles on the water. Within 24 hours, another ...
Lake Sinclair was created in 1953 when the waters of the Oconee river were dammed to create a 45,000-kilowatt (60,000 hp) hydroelectric generating station. [3] Development of this lake as a recreational area began through a planned cooperative program.
Oconee County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 41,799. [ 1 ] The county seat is Watkinsville .
The dinner was a fundraiser to christen the reopening of the historic iron bridge that crosses the North Oconee River and provides access to both sides of the nearly 100-acre cemetery.