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Sardine Creek

Coordinates: 42°26′06″N 123°04′50″W / 42.43500°N 123.08056°W / 42.43500; -123.08056
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Sardine Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Rogue River.

Sardine Creek most likely was so named after sardines, a foodstuff of prospectors.[2] Sardine Creek historical past can only start 1853, after a long chase starting atop Table rock Mountain down the backside north-west Along the River that the native American called Gold River, later to be given Rogue River chased through the area that was not yet called Gold Hill

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sardine Creek
  2. ^ "Jackson County Place Names Database". Jackson County Genealogy Library. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

42°26′06″N 123°04′50″W / 42.43500°N 123.08056°W / 42.43500; -123.08056