Deer Creek (Mississippi)

Deer Creek (also Issaquena Creek or Lower Deer Creek) is a creek in Mississippi, United States. Its source is Lake Bolivar, in Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Deer Creek
Bridge of abandoned Illinois Central Railroad line across Deer Creek in Scott
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Boliver
 • locationScott, Bolivar County, Mississippi
 • coordinates33°35′56″N 91°04′50″W
MouthYazoo River
 • location
Warren County, Mississippi
 • coordinates
32°32′44″N 90°47′43″W

Course
Route of US Navy attempting to access Yazoo River by the way of Steels Bayou and Deer Creek, during American Civil War.

As Deer Creek flows south through the Mississippi Delta, it passes through the following counties: Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena, and Warren; and through the following communities: Metcalfe, Stoneville, Leland, Burdett, Arcola, Hollandale, Panther Burn, Nitta Yuma, Anguilla, Rolling Fork, Cary, Onward, and Valley Park.

The Deer Creek watershed is connected to the Big Sunflower River via the Rolling Fork Creek, a connection that occurs only at high water stages and can flow either way.[1]

Name

Deer Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Choctaw name isi okhina, meaning "deer river".[2]

History

In 1875 a sheriff testified about 1875 election violence and stated he knew of 8 African Americans killed in the area of Deer Creek. He also testified that Board of Supervisors member Frank P. Brooks was instructed to resign by a committee of whites.[3]

See also

References
  1. Golden, Harold G. (1960). Bulletin 60-2 "Low-flow characteristics Sunflower Basin, Mississippi." Jackson: U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Mississippi Board of Water Commissioners. p. 4.
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. "Mississippi in 1875: Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875, with the Testimony and Documentary Evidence". 1876.


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