200px, right The Noxubee River (NAHKS-uh-bee) is a

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of the

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, about long, in east-central

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and west-central

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in the

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. Via the Tombigbee, it is part of the

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of the

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, which flows to the

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Course

The Noxubee rises in Choctaw Lake in the Tombigbee National Forest in

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, and flows generally southeastwardly through Winston, Oktibbeha and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi, and Sumter County in Alabama, through the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge and past the town of

Macon, Mississippi Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River. The population was 2,768 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Noxubee County. History In 1817, Jackson's Military Road was built at the urging of Andrew Jackson to p ...

. It joins the Tombigbee River from the west, about 2 mi (3 km) west of

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Name

''Noxubee'' is a name derived from the

Choctaw language The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, US, is a member of the Muskogean languages, Muskogean language family. Chickasaw language, Chickasaw is a separate but closely related l ...

meaning "to stink". According to the

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, the Noxubee River has also been known as: *Hachcha Osi River *Hatch Oose River *Hatcha River *Hatchaoose River *Hatche Oose River *Hatchoose River *Nooksabba River *Noxaby Creek *Noxiby River *Noxshubby River *Noxube River *Noxuby Creek *Oaknoxaby River *Oaknoxubee River *Ohanexubee River *Oka Noxubee *Oka Onoxubba River *Okanoxubee River *Okenoxubbee River *Okenoxubee River *Olamoyubee River *Ruisseau Nachebe Tchitou River

References

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(1998). ''Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . *

(1998). ''Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .

External links

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge website
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