Sipsey Creek (Buttahatchee River tributary)

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Sipsey Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi. [1] It is a tributary to the Buttahatchee River.

Sipsey is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "poplar tree". [2] Variant names are "Sipsey River", "Sipsie Fork", and "Sipsie River". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sipsey Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 96. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

33°52′28″N88°17′17″W / 33.8745540°N 88.2880933°W / 33.8745540; -88.2880933