What is a former name for the river on which Guntersville, Alabama was founded?
Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 mi long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, as many of the Cherokee had their territory along its banks, especially in eastern Tennessee and northern Alabama. Its current name is derived from the Cherokee village "Tanasi".
Sugar Creek (North Carolina) Sugar Creek, also called Sugaw Creek, is a small tributary of the Catawba River in North and South Carolina in the United States. Its takes its name from a Native American (probably Catawba) word "sugaw" said to mean "collection of huts" (compare Catawba "suk", "house"), which was anglicized "Sugar" in the name of the street which runs by the creek (Sugar Creek Road) and "Sugaw" in the name of Sugaw Creek Park and the Presbyterian church located by it.