Toomsuba Creek

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Toomsuba Creek
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Toomsuba Creek in Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Location
CountryUnited States
State Alabama, Mississippi
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 32°25′24″N88°34′59″W / 32.4231967°N 88.583096°W / 32.4231967; -88.583096
Mouth  
  coordinates
32°28′43″N88°17′37″W / 32.4787492°N 88.2936403°W / 32.4787492; -88.2936403
Length17.2 mi (27.7 km)

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

Toomsuba is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "blue pigeon hawk" or "fish hawk". [2] Variant names are "Tonsabah Creek", "Tonsobah Creek", "Tonsubah Creek", "Toomseba Creek", "Toomsebah Creek", and "Toomsooba Creek". [1]

Tributaries include Sucatolba Creek.

The creek lends its name to the nearby community of Toomsuba. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toomsuba Creek
  2. 1 2 Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 120. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.