Yanubbee Creek

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Yanubbee Creek is a stream in McCurtain County of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. [1]

The stream headwaters are the confluence of the East and West Forks at 34°04′32″N94°44′09″W / 34.07556°N 94.73583°W / 34.07556; -94.73583 [1] adjacent to US Route 259 north of Broken Bow and it flows to the south-southeast past Broken Bow and under US Route 70. [2] The stream confluence with Crooked Creek is at 33°58′45″N94°41′59″W / 33.97917°N 94.69972°W / 33.97917; -94.69972 Coordinates: 33°58′45″N94°41′59″W / 33.97917°N 94.69972°W / 33.97917; -94.69972 . [1]

Yanubbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "ironwood". [3] A variant spelling is "Yanubbe Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yanubbee Creek
  2. Broken Bow, OK, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
  3. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 131. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.