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Little River (Etowah River tributary)

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Road (also SR 372) to the road's west. After passing through Almond Lake (where it receives a tributary from the north), and picking-up another tributary from the east-northeast, it becomes part of the county line, except for a small section entirely on Fulton/Milton side between Clarity Road
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at the same point, just before Canton Highway (Main Street in Woodstock) at the north end of
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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and through Cherokee County, and now also empties directly into the lake. The
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little River
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was located on Bells Ferry Road, and took traffic going between
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After Trickum Road, it meanders generally northwest, meeting
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The river flows generally from east to west, and divides the
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Index

Little River (northern Georgia)

Cherokee County
United States
Georgia
tributary
Etowah River
U.S. state
Georgia
United States
Cherokee County
Fulton
Milton
Milton
Woodstock
Holly Springs
Noonday Creek
Cobb
confluence
Lake Allatoona
Free Home
Holbrook
Forsyth
Georgia State Route 20
SR 372
Birmingham
Hickory Flat
SR 140
Ansley Golf Club
Settindown Creek

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