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ID: 8712766
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8712766

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Okfuskenena (deserted settlement)  Okfuskenena (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 02 20 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.0396  decimal degrees
Long: 085 09 36 W  degrees minutes   Long: -85.1605  decimal degrees

Note: Okfuskenena was formerly a Mvskoke (Muscogee, Creek) town, inhabited by the Ofuskee band. The town was burnt down in 1793 by the Georgia militia and the site abandoned. It was later flooded to create West Point Lake.

Names:
Okfuskenena (preferred,C,V)
Burnt Village (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Georgia (state)  ............  Georgia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Troup (county)  ................  Troup (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Okfuskenena (deserted settlement)  ....................  Okfuskenena (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
town (C)
Native American (C)

Related geographic places:
located on ....  West Point Lake .......... (reservoir)
..................  (World, North and Central America, United States) [7022705]

Sources and Contributors:
Burnt Village..........  [VP]
..........................  Ethridge, Creek Country (2004) 97; accessed 19 November 2019
Okfuskenena..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Ethridge, Creek Country (2004) 97; accessed 19 November 2019
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Google Maps online (2000-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Ethridge, Creek Country (2004) 97-98; accessed 19 November 2019
..........  Piker, Colonists and Creeks (2004) 539; accessed 19 November 2019

 

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