Pellicer Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Florida.[1] It is a tributary to the Matanzas River,[2] and delineates the border between St. Johns and Flagler counties in the northeastern part of the state.[3] The creek begins as a blackwater stream in the swamps west of Interstate 95, and meanders eastward into the Matanzas River; it is part of Florida's Designated Paddling Trail System.[4]
Pellicer Creek was named after Francisco Pellicer, an early Spanish settler.[5] The waterway was formerly called Woodcutter's Creek, along which lumber and turpentine from a sawmill owned by British master carpenter John Hewitt were transported to the Matanzas River and then northward to St. Augustine.[6] In 1770, Hewitt had purchased 1,000 acres of land near the Kings' Road, where he built his water-driven mill,[7] in operation from 1770 to 1813.[8]
