Escatawpa is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community was named after the

Escatawpa River Escatawpa River is a river in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. It is a tributary of the Pascagoula River. ''Escatawpa '' is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "where Canebrake, cane is cut". See also *List of rivers of Alaba ...

. In the Choctaw language, the word "escatawpa" signified a creek where cane was cut, with ''uski'' meaning "cane", ''a'' meaning "there", and ''tapa'' meaning "cut". Escatawpa was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. A post office operated under the name Escatawpa from 1858 to 1953. In 1909, a traveler from Urbana, Illinois wrote the '' Champaign-Urbana Courier'' advising citizens of Urbana to move to the region. He described the area as "a great fruit and vegetable country" and that "fine yellow pine trees are plentiful and

cypress trees is a Kanō-school byōbu or folding screen attributed to the Japanese painter Kanō Eitoku (1543–1590), one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. The painting dates to the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573� ...

abound".

References

Alabama placenames of Native American origin Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{WashingtonCountyAL-geo-stub