Wautubbee, Mississippi

Wautubbee is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Wautubbee, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 88°51′30″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Clarke
Elevation	377 ft (115 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	692311

History

Wautubbee was founded in 1882.[1] Wautubbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "the one who hunts and kills".[2] A variant name was "Hells Valley".[1] Wautubbee is located on the former New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad.[3]

A post office operated under the name Wautubbee from 1893 to 1906.[4]

The Ruby Lumber Company and Pine Hill Lumber Company were based in Wautubbee and both operated sawmills there.[5]

The Wautubbee Formation is named for Wautubbee.[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wautubbee
2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
4. "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
5. Howe, Tony. "Wautubbee, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
6. Grace C. Keroher (1966). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1936-1960. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 4153.