Orofino Creek

Orofino Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]

Variant names were "Oro Fino Creek" and "Oro Fino River".[1] The creek was named for gold mining along its course, oro fino meaning "pure gold" in Spanish.[2]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orofino Creek
  2. ^ Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 99.