Coonewah Creek

Coonewah Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.^[1] It is a tributary to Town Creek.

Coonewah Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language or possibly the Chickasaw language, but scholars do not agree on the original meaning of its native name.^[2] Variant names are "Colberts Creek" and "Coonewar Creek".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coonewah Creek
^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

34°06′48″N 88°39′12″W / 34.1134423°N 88.6533831°W / 34.1134423; -88.6533831

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coonewah Creek

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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