Topashaw Creek

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Topashaw Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1] It is a tributary to the Yalobusha River.

Topashaw is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "little chestnut tree" or named after the Taposa people. [2] Variant names are "Tapashaw Creek", "Topasaw Creek", "Topisaw Creek", "Toposhaw Creek", and "Tupashaw Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Topashaw Creek
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 121. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

Coordinates: 33°50′20″N89°19′39″W / 33.8390032°N 89.3275727°W / 33.8390032; -89.3275727

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