Bophumpa Creek
Bophumpa Creek is a stream in Holmes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1] It is a tributary to Fannegusha Creek.[2]
The stream headwaters arise at 33°12′18″N 89°56′56″W[1] at an elevation of approximately 420 feet.[3] The stream flows generally westward for approximately six miles through a rural area passing under Mississippi Highway 17 one mile north of the community of Lebanon to its confluence with Fannegusha Creek at 33°12′33″N 90°04′09″W at elevation of 197 feet.[1][2]
Bophumpa Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either "rain creek" or "pawpaw creek".[4] A variant name is "Sweet Water Creek".[1]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bophumpa Creek
- Lexington North, MS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- Bowling Green, MS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1982 rev.)
- Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
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