Luxapallila Creek

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Coordinates: 33°46′5.12″N 87°51′37.95″W / 33.7680889°N 87.8605417°W / 33.7680889; -87.8605417
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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Nebyar (talk | contribs) at 03:44, 7 September 2018 (Made a correction. Luxpillila Creek does not pass through the city of Vernon, AL. The correct order of towns in Alabama through which it does pass is Winfield, Fayette, Kennedy then Millport. It’s original path was much different before it was “channeled” out by the Corp of Engineers in the early 1900s. The channeling project is why the Luxpillila is now so straight and also why most locals refer to it as simply “the channel”.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

33°46′5.12″N 87°51′37.95″W / 33.7680889°N 87.8605417°W / 33.7680889; -87.8605417

Aerial view of the Luxapalila Creek running through the center of Columbus, Mississippi, USA.

Luxapalila Creek is a 73.6-mile-long (118.4 km)[1] stream in Mississippi and Alabama in the United States. Luxapalila means "flying turtle" in the Choctaw language.[2]

The creek drains a watershed of 803 square miles (2,080 km2) and flows through Lamar County, Marion County, Fayette County and Pickens County in Alabama and Monroe County and Lowndes County in Mississippi.[3][4] It runs through the cities of Winfield, Millport, Kennedy, Fayette.[4]

Its tributaries are Cut Bank Creek, Hell's Creek, Magby Creek, Mud Creek, Wilson Creek, and Yellow Creek.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved Feb 25, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007, p. 256 [1]
  3. ^ Mississippi State University Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c Rivers of Alabama Archived 2012-07-12 at the Wayback Machine


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