Bogue Flower (Tallahatta Creek tributary)
Bogue Flower is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1] It is a tributary to Tallahatta Creek.
Bogue Flower is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "long creek" (the element "flower" in this context is a corruption of an Indian word).[2] A variant name is "Bogue Flower Creek".[1]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bogue Flower
- Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
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