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Tampa Creek

Coordinates: 31°46′37″N 88°51′53″W / 31.7768254°N 88.8647696°W / 31.7768254; -88.8647696
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Tampa Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Tampa in this context may be a name derived from the Choctaw language; it's purported to mean "offal, refuse".[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tampa Creek
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

31°46′37″N 88°51′53″W / 31.7768254°N 88.8647696°W / 31.7768254; -88.8647696