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Much of the top of Warehouse Creek is now a mudflat at low tide, but believe it or not, it got its name because it was once a local hub of commerce.  Agricultural products were brought up from south county and delivered to the warehouses along the creek where deepwater vessels loaded up and carried the goods to points north and elsewhere. 

 A friend of the Federation with family roots that go back several hundred years in the region passed along this anecdote about Warehouse Creek:

 Aunt Adelaide the last of the family to own the whole Ivy Neck told my father that she would ride in a horse and buggy under the bow sprits of the big boats. That would mean where the water treatment plant (pumping station) on the edge of Mayo Road is, was the edge of the original creek and the largest of the boats could sail all the way to the end. - Allen Calhoun (2009)

 Given the ages of those involved, this account likely describes the situation in the early 20th century.