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'''Black Mingo Creek''' is a tributary to the [[Black River (South Carolina)|Black River]] in coastal [[South Carolina]]. The creek derives its name from the Mingo, a tribe that once inhabited the fork made by the junction of Indiantown Swamp and Black Mingo Creek.<ref name="boddie">{{cite book |last1=Boddie |first1=William Willis |title=History of Williamsburg |date=1923 |publisher=State Company |location=Columbia, S.C. |page=71 |edition=1st}}</ref><ref name="palmettoplace">{{cite book |title=Palmetto Place Names |date=1941 |publisher=Sloane Printing Co. |location=Columbia, S.C. |isbn=9780871521910 |page=117}}</ref>
It is a [[blackwater river]]: the presence of tannin gives it the color of tea. The river is relatively untouched by modern development, and is mostly surrounded by wetlands of [[Taxodium distichum|cypress]] and [[Tupelo (tree)|tupelo]] with the adjacent higher lands mostly used for conventional [[agriculture]] or [[tree farming]]. The waters are a favorite fishing site for [[largemouth bass]] and [[panfish]]. [[Beaver]]s are abundant, as well as [[great blue heron]]s, [[songbird]]s and [[crow]]s. Occasionally a [[bald eagle]] can be sighted. Alligators are also present.
The creek drains communities around [[Indiantown, South Carolina|Indiantown]], [[Nesmith, South Carolina|Nesmith]], and the communities of Rome and Rose Hill.
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