Yocona River is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in the
U.S. state of
Mississippi. It is a tributary of the
Tallahatchie River.
The fish species ''
Etheostoma faulkneri'' (Yoknapatawpha darter) is endemic to headwater streams of the Yocona River watershed, being found nowhere else in the world.
In
Yalobusha County, the river is impounded by an earthen dam, near the community of
Enid, creating
Enid Lake
Enid Lake is a lake that is located mostly in Yalobusha County in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Parts of it extend into Panola and Lafayette counties. Common fish species include crappie, largemouth bass, catfish and bream. Enid Lake holds th ...
, with that lake's waters stretching as far as the town of
Water Valley.
Name
''Yocona'' is a name derived from the
Chickasaw language meaning "land".
The
Board on Geographic Names settled on "Yocona River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1912. According to the
Geographic Names Information System, the Yocona River has also been known as:
*Yackoney River
*Yacony Creek
*Yanekney River
*Yocana River
*Yocany River
*Yoccona River
*Yochnapafa Creek
*Yockany River
*Yockhapatalfa River
*Yockinapatapha River
*Yockna River
*Yockney River
*Yocona River Canal
*Yoconie River
*Yohnapatapna River
*Yokoney River
The Yocona River was referred to as the
Yoknapatawpha
Yoknapatawpha County () is a fictional Mississippi county created by the American author William Faulkner, largely based upon and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi, and its county seat of Oxford (which Faulkner renamed "Jefferson"). Faulk ...
River by
William Faulkner.
References
Rivers of Mississippi
Rivers of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Rivers of Panola County, Mississippi
Rivers of Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Rivers of Lafayette County, Mississippi
Rivers of Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
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