Pawticfaw Creek

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

Pawticfaw is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "place where wild animals have shed their hair".^[2] Variant names are "Paticfaw Creek", "Patigfor Creek", "Pawticfow Creek", "Petickfa Creek", "Petickfaw", "Pettickfaw Creek", "Pettitickfaw Creek", "Pitticfaw", "Pittickfau Creek", "Pittiefaw", and "Poticfaw Creek".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pawticfaw Creek
^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

32°38′56″N 88°27′53″W / 32.6490241°N 88.4647591°W / 32.6490241; -88.4647591

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

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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