Soctahoma Creek

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

Soctahoma is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "red streambank; red hillside", a name which was descriptively applied to this stream on account of the red clay near its course. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Soctahoma Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 97. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

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