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Buckatunna Creek

Stream in Alabama and Mississippi, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Buckatunna Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[2] It is a tributary to the Chickasawhay River.

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Buckatunna Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "creek at which there is weaving".[3] Variant names are "Bucatunna Creek", "Buckatanna Creek", "Buckatanne River", "Buckatanny Creek", "Buckatonna Creek", "Buckhatannee Creek", and "Puckatunna Creek".[2]

The creek lends its name to the community of Buckatunna, Mississippi.[4]

Some of the earliest settlers in Wayne County settled along Buckatunna Creek.[5]

In September 1889, Rube Burrow robbed a train on a railroad bridge over Buckatunna Creek.[6]

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