Tallabogue Creek (Chickasawhay River tributary)

Tallabogue Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1] It is a tributary to the Chickasawhay River.

Tallabogue is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "palmetto creek".[2] Variant names are "Taala Bogue Creek", "Talla Bogue Creek", "Talla Creek", "Tallobogue Creek", and "Tallow Bogue Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tallabogue Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.



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