Buckatunna Creek
Buckatunna Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is a tributary to the Chickasawhay River.
Buckatunna Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "creek at which there is weaving". Variant names are "Bucatunna Creek", "Buckatanna Creek", "Buckatanne River", "Buckatanny Creek", "Buckatonna Creek", "Buckhatannee Creek", and "Puckatunna Creek".
The creek lends its name to the community of Buckatunna, Mississippi.
Some of the earliest settlers in Wayne County settled along Buckatunna Creek.
In September 1889, Rube Burrow robbed a train on a railroad bridge over Buckatunna Creek.
References
- ^ Telis, Pamela (1991). Low-flow and Flow-duration Characteristics of Mississippi Streams. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey. p. 72.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckatunna Creek
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ "What's in a Name: Buckatunna". WDAM. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Wilkins, Jesse M. "Early Times in Wayne County". natchezbelle.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "Buckatunna". hmdb.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.