Magowah Creek

Magowah Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.^[1]

Magowah most likely is a corruption of the surname "McGower", after a local settler.^[2] Variant names are "McCowens Creek", "McCowers Creek", and "McGowers Creek".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magowah Creek
^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

33°21′50″N 88°23′48″W / 33.3640098°N 88.3967056°W / 33.3640098; -88.3967056

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

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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