Okatibbee Creek

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

Okatibbee Dam on Okatibbee Creek impounds a 11,000-acre (45 km2) reservoir, which was constructed in the 1960s for flood control.[2]

Okatibbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "ice therein".[3] Many variant names or transliterations exist, including "Chickasahay Creek", "Oak-tib-be Haw Creek", "Oakitabaha Creek", "Oakitibbeha River", "Oakitibbihaha Creek", "Oakitibiha Creek", "Oaktibbeehaw River", "Oaktibbeha Creek", "Octibaha Creek", "Octibbeha Creek", "Octibha Creek", "Oka Teebehaw Creek", "Okatibaha Creek", "Okatibahah Creek", "Okattbahah Creek", "Oketibbyhaw Creek", "Oktibbeha Creek", and "Oktibea Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okatibbee Creek
  2. "Okatibbee Lake". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.


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