Wautubbee, Mississippi

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Wautubbee, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Norfolk Southern Railway crossing in Wautubbee
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Wautubbee
Coordinates: 32°06′59″N88°51′30″W / 32.11639°N 88.85833°W / 32.11639; -88.85833
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Clarke
Elevation
377 ft (115 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID692311

Wautubbee is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

History

Wautubbee was founded in 1882. [1] Wautubbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "the one who hunts and kills". [2] A variant name was "Hells Valley". [1] Wautubbee is located on the former New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad. [3]

A post office operated under the name Wautubbee from 1893 to 1906. [4]

The Ruby Lumber Company and Pine Hill Lumber Company were based in Wautubbee and both operated sawmills there. [5]

The Wautubbee Formation is named for Wautubbee. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wautubbee
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 129. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
  4. ↑ "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Wautubbee, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ Grace C. Keroher (1966). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1936-1960. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 4153.
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