Toccopola Creek

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

Toccopola Creek took its name from an old Indian village which once stood in the area; its name in turn is derived from the Chickasaw language purported to mean "dismal prairie".[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toccopola Creek
Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toccopola Creek

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.