Dogue Creek

Coordinates: 38°42′36″N 77°07′58″W / 38.7099°N 77.1328°W / 38.7099; -77.1328

Dogue Creek
Basin
River mouth Potomac River
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Location Fairfax County, Virginia, US
Physiognomy
Length 8.5 miles (13.7 km)

Dogue Creek is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km)[1] tributary of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, named for the Doeg Indians. The lower 3 miles (5 km) of the creek form a tidal embayment of the Potomac to the east of Fort Belvoir.

Variant names

The Board on Geographic Names decided upon Dogue Creek as the stream's official name in 1892. Previously, it had been known by the following names according to the Geographic Names Information System:

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011


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