Topashaw Creek

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]

References

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

33°50′20″N 89°19′39″W / 33.8390032°N 89.3275727°W / 33.8390032; -89.3275727

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[GNIS-1] 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.

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