The Chunky River is a short tributary of the Chickasawhay River in east-central Mississippi. Via the Chickasawhay, it is part of the

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of the Pascagoula River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

Course

The river is formed between the towns of

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and Chunky in southwestern

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by the

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of Chunky Creek and Okahatta Creek. However, older maps continue to call it the Chunky Creek until a point in Lauderdale County. The Chunky River flows generally southeastwardly through southwestern Lauderdale County and northwestern Clarke County, where it joins Okatibbee Creek to form the Chickasawhay River near the town of Enterprise.

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is a

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located along the river north of Enterprise. The historic Stuckey’s Bridge spans the river in southern Lauderdale County.

Name

''Chunky'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language most likely meaning martin (bird). The

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settled on "Chunky River" as the stream's name in 1963. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as: *Chanki River *Chunkey Creek *Chunkey River *Chunky Creek *Ectchangui River *Tchanke River

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External links

Dunns Falls Water Park website

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(1998). ''Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . * {{authority control Rivers of Mississippi Bodies of water of Clarke County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Lauderdale County, Mississippi Bodies of water of Newton County, Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin

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