The South Newport River is a 42.6-mile-long (68.6 km)[1] river on the Atlantic coastal plain in the U.S. state of Georgia. It rises in Long County 3 miles (5 km) south of Walthourville and flows east-southeast, becoming the boundary between Liberty and McIntosh counties. It flows into Sapelo Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, south of St. Catherines Island.[2][3]
The river's name most likely is a transfer from Newport, Rhode Island.[4]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 26, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Newport River
- ^ USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 209. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.