Southworth Creek | |
Name Etymology: | For Lewis Southworth, an early settler |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Southworth Creek in Oregon |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type4: | County |
Subdivision Name4: | Lincoln |
Length: | 3miles |
Source1: | Burnt Timber Mountain |
Source1 Location: | Siuslaw National Forest |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.3711°N -123.9922°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1231feet[2] |
Mouth: | Alsea River |
Mouth Location: | near Waldport |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.4125°N -123.9875°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 7feet |
Southworth Creek is a stream, about 5miles long, in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It is a tributary of the Alsea River, which it enters upstream of Waldport and the Pacific Ocean. It flows north from the slopes of Burnt Timber Mountain to join the larger stream at an elevation of just 7feet above sea level.[1]
Southworth Creek was named for Lewis Southworth, a former slave who settled there in the 1880s.[1] It was originally called Darkey Creek until the Oregon Geographic Names Board was asked to officially change the name.[3]