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{{short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name                = Hyco River
| name_native         = {{native name|tta|Hiḳaatmani}}
| name_native_lang    = 
| name_other          = Tributary to Dan River
| name_etymology      = 
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| pushpin_map         = USA Virginia#USA
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Hyco River mouth
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| subdivision_type1   = Country
| subdivision_name1   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type2   = State
| subdivision_name2   = [[North Carolina]]<br />[[Virginia]]
| subdivision_type3   = County
| subdivision_name3   = [[Person County, North Carolina|Person]] (NC)<br />[[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax]] (VA)
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| length              = {{convert|33.55|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="geoviewer">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=16 October 2019}}</ref>
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| discharge1_location = [[Dan River (Virginia)|Dan River]] ([[John H. Kerr Reservoir]])
| discharge1_min      = 
| discharge1_avg      = {{convert|407.14|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Dan River<ref name="watershed">{{cite web |title=Hyco River Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=8693813 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=16 October 2019}}</ref>
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| source1             = confluence of Hyco Creek and South Hyco Creek
| source1_location    = [[Hyco Lake]]
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|36|28|59|N|079|05|44|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Hyco River |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:987307,Hyco%20River |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=16 October 2019}}</ref>
| source1_elevation   = {{convert|410|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="HRTopozone">{{cite web |title=Hyco River Topo Map, Halifax County VA (Buffalo Springs Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/virginia/halifax-va/stream/hyco-river/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=16 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| mouth               = [[Dan River (Virginia)|Dan River]]
| mouth_location      = [[John H. Kerr Reservoir]] about 3 east-southeast of [[South Boston, Virginia]]
| mouth_coordinates   = {{coord|36|41|02|N|078|43|55|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/>
| mouth_elevation     = {{convert|300|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="HRTopozone"/>
| progression         = [[Dan River (Virginia)|Dan River]] → [[Roanoke River]] → [[Albemarle Sound]]
| river_system        = [[Roanoke River]]
| basin_size          = {{convert|429.09|sqmi}}<ref name="watershed"/>
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| tributaries_left    = [[Hyco Creek]]<br />[[Cane_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Cane Creek]]<br />[[Powells_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Powells Creek]]<br />[[Coleman_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Coleman Creek]]<br />[[Halfway_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Halfway Creek]]<br />[[Hudson_Branch_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Hudson Branch]]<br />[[Terrell_Branch_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Terrell Branch]]<br />[[Hilly Creek]]
| tributaries_right   = [[South Hyco Creek]]<br />[[Sargents_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Sargents Creek]]<br />[[Ghent Creek]]<br />[[Storys_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Storys Creek]]<br />[[Castle_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Castle Creek]]<br />[[Bowes Branch]]<br />[[Mayo_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Mayo Creek]]<br />[[Dry_Creek_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Dry Creek]]<br />[[Bluewing Creek]]<br />[[Larkin_Branch_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Larkin Branch]]<br />[[Pensions Branch]]<br />[[Flat_Branch_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Flat Branch]]<br />[[Morris_Branch_(Hyco_River_tributary)|Morris Branch]]
| waterbodies         = Hyco Lake<br />After Bay Reservoir<br />John H. Kerr Reservoir
| bridges             = Woodsdale Road, Bethel Hill Road, US 501, E Hyco Road, Kingwoods Road, Buckshoal Road, US 58
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The '''Hyco River''' ({{ety|tta|Hyco-oto-moni<ref name=Bearskin>{{cite book|last=Mooney|first=James|author-link=James Mooney|url=http://www.public-library.uk/dailyebook/The%20Siouan%20tribes%20of%20the%20East%20(1894).pdf|title=The Siouan Tribes of the East|year=1894|publication-place=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Government Printing Office|page=46}}</ref> ''or'' Hiḳaatmani<ref name="Oliverio-1996">{{cite book |last=Oliverio|first=Giulia |author-link=Giulia Oliverio |date=1996 |title=A Grammar and Dictionary of Tutelo}}</ref>|3=[[Turkey buzzard]] river}}<ref name=Bearskin/>) is a tributary of the [[Dan River (Virginia)|Dan River]], which is a tributary of the [[Roanoke River]].  All three rivers flow through the [[U.S. state]]s of [[North Carolina]] and [[Virginia]].  In [[Person County, North Carolina]] the Hyco River is impounded by a dam, forming [[Hyco Lake]]. The main part of the river flows through [[Allensville, North Carolina]] (a township of Roxboro), on '''Gentry's Ridge''' and '''Mill Creek''' roads as it flows into Virginia townships such as [[Alton, Virginia]], and [[Cluster Springs, Virginia]], then combining with the Dan River.

According to the [[USGS]] the Hyco River has been known by the variant names Hicootomony Creek, Hy Coyee River, Hyco Creek, and Hyco-o-tee River.<ref>{{GNIS|987307|Hyco River}}</ref>

==Etymology==
In 1728, [[William Byrd II]] was the chief commissioner for Virginia when the boundary line between North Carolina and Virginia was run by surveyors and commissioners from each state. Byrd hired two [[Saponi]] natives from [[Fort Christanna]] for guides and hunters for the expedition. One of the Saponi became ill and returned, but the other, named Bearskin, provided "nearly all that we have of the language and folklore of the Saponi tribe." The language of the Saponi was likely identical to or a [[dialect]] of the [[Tutelo language]]. Bearskin gave the local name for what is now known as Hyco River as ''Hyco-oto-moni'', meaning [[Turkey buzzard]] river.<ref name=Bearskin/>

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Virginia]]

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[[Category:Rivers of Person County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Rivers of North Carolina]]
[[Category:Rivers of Virginia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Halifax County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Roanoke River]]


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