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Bophumpa Creek

Coordinates: 33°12′33″N 90°04′09″W / 33.20917°N 90.06917°W / 33.20917; -90.06917
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Bophumpa Creek is a stream in Holmes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1] It is a tributary to Fannegusha Creek.[2]

The stream headwaters arise at 33°12′18″N 89°56′56″W / 33.20500°N 89.94889°W / 33.20500; -89.94889[1] at an elevation of approximately 420 feet.[3] The stream flows generally westward for approximately six miles through a rural area passing under Mississippi Highway 17 one mile north of the community of Lebanon to its confluence with Fannegusha Creek at 33°12′33″N 90°04′09″W / 33.20917°N 90.06917°W / 33.20917; -90.06917 at elevation of 197 feet.[1][2]

Bophumpa Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either "rain creek" or "pawpaw creek".[4] A variant name is "Sweet Water Creek".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bophumpa Creek
  2. ^ a b Lexington North, MS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  3. ^ Bowling Green, MS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1982 rev.)
  4. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.