Template:Short description Coharie is the name for the Great Coharie Creek<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and its tributary the Little Coharie Creek, both in Sampson County, North Carolina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Great Coharie Creek is a tributary of the Black River that joins the Cape Fear River that flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Coharie also refers to the Coharie Formation, named for the creeks, a terrace, and shoreline at about 215 feet above sea level on the mid- to southern East Coast.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The name Coharie was adopted by the Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc., a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. The tribe claims "descent from certain tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1910, residents of Herrings Township along the Coharie creeks identified as being of Croatan descent.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
EtymologyEdit
Coharie could be an Iroquoian, perhaps Tuscarora language, word that translates as driftwood.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>