Buckatunna is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) and

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located in Wayne County,

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, United States. The population was 383 at the 2020 census. Buckatunna is located in the southeast corner of Wayne County, just west of the

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state line. Buckatunna has a post office with the zip code 39322. The community takes its name from nearby

Buckatunna Creek Buckatunna Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is a tributary to the Chickasawhay River. ''Buckatunna Creek'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "creek at which there is weaving". Variant names are "Bucatunna Cre ...

. Buckatunna is the hometown of professional football player Jerrell Powe.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 383 people, 97 households, and 97 families residing in the CDP.

References

Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Wayne County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{WayneCountyMS-geo-stub