Gook Creek

Gook Creek is a stream in Antrim County, Michigan, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Jordan River.

Although gook is used as a common ethnic slur, the creek's name possibly was taken from a Native American language.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gook Creek
  2. Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.


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