Coonipper Creek

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

Coonipper is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to refer to the "name of a weed which grows in low grounds".[2] A variant name is "Coonupy Creek".[1]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coonipper Creek
Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coonipper Creek

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.