Talowah, Mississippi

Talowah is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

History

Talowah is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "many rocks".[2]

gollark: Exciting.
gollark: h inheed.
gollark: -1.2e+11ns to go!
gollark: 3*10⁸µs to go!
gollark: As if anyone would be bothered to run 20ish programs.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Talowah, Mississippi
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.



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