Goose Creek
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Water bodies
- Goose Creek (Florida), a Florida creek, site of an American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
skirmish - Goose Creek (River Raisin)Goose Creek (River Raisin)Goose Creek is a small stream in Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the River Raisin. The headwaters form in Somerset Township in northeast Hillsdale County flowing northeast to join the River Raisin just north of the village of Brooklyn. ...
, in Michigan - Goose Creek (North Carolina), a tidal creek in North Carolina; a wide tributary of the Pamlico RiverPamlico RiverThe Pamlico River is a tidal river that flows into Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina in the United States of America. It is formed by the confluence of the Tar River and Tranters Creek....
- Goose Creek State ParkGoose Creek State ParkGoose Creek State Park is a North Carolina state park near Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 1,327 acres just off of Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina's Coastal Plain...
in North Carolina
- Goose Creek State Park
- Goose Creek (Potomac River)Goose Creek (Potomac River)Goose Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Fauquier and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia. It comprises the principal drainage system for the Loudoun Valley.-Course:...
, a meandering watercourse in northern Virginia and the site of an 1863 American Civil War skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign - Goose Creek (Snake River) in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho
- Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber CreekTiber CreekTiber Creek or Tyber Creek was a tributary of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.Originally known as Goose Creek, it was renamed after Rome's Tiber River as the lands southeast of then Georgetown, Maryland, were selected for the City of Washington, the new capital of the United States...
in Washington, D.C. - Goose Creek, later renamed Toms RiverToms RiverThe Toms River, formerly Tom's River, is a freshwater river and estuary in Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States.The Toms River rises in the Pine Barrens of northern Ocean County and flows southeast and east, fed by several branches, in a meandering course through wetland area and empties...
in New Jersey
Communities
- Goose Creek, KentuckyGoose Creek, KentuckyGoose Creek is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 272 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Goose Creek is located at ....
, a city in Jefferson County - Goose Creek, LouisvilleGoose Creek, LouisvilleGoose Creek is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located where Goose Creek meets the Ohio River. It should not be confused with the suburban city of Goose Creek....
, a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky - Goose Creek, South CarolinaGoose Creek, South CarolinaGoose Creek is a city in Berkeley county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 35,938 at the 2010 census. Most of the Naval Weapons Station Charleston is in Goose Creek. As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S...
, located just outside of Charleston; also the location of a U.S. Navy Weapons Station - Goose Creek, Texas, a former town in Texas that became part of modern Baytown
Other
- Goose Creek SymphonyGoose Creek SymphonyThe Goose Creek Symphony is an American rock band with roots in Arizona and Kentucky. They were formed in 1968 in Phoenix, Arizona as an outlet for the songs of Charlie Gearheart, aka Ritchie Hart, and were best known for their 1972 cover of Janis Joplin's song, Mercedes Benz...
, an American rock band - Goose Creek Oil FieldGoose Creek Oil FieldThe Goose Creek Oil Field is a large oil field in Baytown, Texas, on Galveston Bay. Discovered in 1903, and reaching maximum production in 1918 after a series of spectacular gushers, it was one of the fields which contributed to the Texas Oil Boom of the early 20th century...
, one of major oil fields that created the Texas Oil Boom