Oconee
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Oconee may refer to:
  • the Oconee tribe, Hitchiti
    Hitchiti
    The Hitchiti were a Muskogean-speaking tribe formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, 4 miles below Chiaha, in west Georgia. They spoke the Hitchiti language, which was mutually intelligible with Mikasuki; both tribes were part of the loose...

     speakers that became part of the Seminole and Creek nations
  • the Oconee War
    Oconee War
    The Oconee War was a military conflict in the 1780s and 1790s between European Americans and the Creek Indians known as the Oconee, who lived in an area between the Apalachee and North Oconee rivers in the state of Georgia....

  • the Oconee Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina


Oconi was the name of a branch of the Timucua
Timucua
The Timucua were a Native American people who lived in Northeast and North Central Florida and southeast Georgia. They were the largest indigenous group in that area and consisted of about 35 chiefdoms, many leading thousands of people. The various groups of Timucua spoke several dialects of the...

 tribe in Florida.
Oconee is the name of several places in the United States, derived from the Native American tribe or its words:
  • Oconee River
    Oconee River
    The Oconee River is a river which has its origin in Hall County, Georgia, and terminates where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County. South of Athens, two forks, known as the North Oconee...

    , Georgia
  • Oconee County, Georgia
    Oconee County, Georgia
    Oconee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on February 25, 1875. As of the 2000 census, the population was 26,225. Census estimates for 2007 show a population of 31,367...

  • Oconee, Georgia
    Oconee, Georgia
    Oconee is a city in Washington County, Georgia, United States. The population was 280 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oconee is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Oconee, Illinois
    Oconee, Illinois
    Oconee is a village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. The population was 202 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oconee is located at ....

  • Oconee County, South Carolina
  • Oconee Township, Illinois
  • Oconee Township, Nebraska
  • Lake Oconee
    Lake Oconee
    Lake Oconee is a reservoir in central Georgia on the Oconee River near Greensboro and Eatonton. It was created in 1979 when Georgia Power completed the construction of the Wallace Dam on the Oconee River. Lake Oconee is the second largest lake in the state of Georgia...

    , Georgia
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