Tumbaloo Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]
Tumbaloo is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "beech tree".[2] A variant name is "Tumpaloo Creek".[1]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tumbaloo Creek
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
32°12′10″N 90°02′07″W / 32.2026488°N 90.0353615°W