Conehoma Creek

Conehoma Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Conehoma Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "red polecat", a name which could have been applied to an indigenous warrior.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Conehoma Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.



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