Ocobla Creek

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

Ocobla is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "water where the biting is" or "bulls-eye bush". [2] A variant transliteration is "Ocobly Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ocobla Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 70. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

Coordinates: 32°50′56″N89°04′43″W / 32.8490207°N 89.0786718°W / 32.8490207; -89.0786718