Tallahala Creek is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the southeast part of the U.S. state of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. It flows from north to south, joining the Leaf River east of

Hattiesburg Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County. The city population was 45,989 at the 2010 census, with the populat ...

Names

''Tallahala'' is a name derived from the

Choctaw language The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, is part of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is separate but closely related language to Choctaw. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahom ...

purported to mean "standing rocks". According to the

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, Tallahala Creek has also been known as: *East Tallahala Creek *Fiume Tale Houma *Hashlupbacher Creek *Hashlupbatcher Creek *Hashluphatcher Creek *Hooma Creek *Talahala Creek *Talahola Creek *Talla Creek *Talla Halla Creek *Tallahala River *Tallahalah Creek *Tallahalie Creek *Tallahalla Creek *Tallahalla River *Tallahoma Creek *Tallahuta Creek *Tallee Hooma River *Tallyhomo River *West Fork Tallahala Creek

References

Rivers of Mississippi Rivers of Jasper County, Mississippi Rivers of Jones County, Mississippi Rivers of Perry County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{Mississippi-river-stub