Magowah Creek

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

Magowah most likely is a corruption of the surname "McGower", after a local settler. [2] Variant names are "McCowens Creek", "McCowers Creek", and "McGowers Creek". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magowah Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 53. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

33°21′50″N88°23′48″W / 33.3640098°N 88.3967056°W / 33.3640098; -88.3967056