Wautubbee, Mississippi

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Wautubbee, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Wautubbee is located in Mississippi
Wautubbee
Wautubbee
Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 88°51′30″W / 32.11639°N 88.85833°W / 32.11639; -88.85833Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 88°51′30″W / 32.11639°N 88.85833°W / 32.11639; -88.85833
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClarke
Elevation
377 ft (115 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID692311

Wautubbee is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

History[]

Wautubbee was founded in 1882.[1] Wautubbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "the one who hunts and kills".[2] A variant name was "Hells Valley".[1] Wautubbee is located on the former New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad.[3]

A post office operated under the name Wautubbee from 1893 to 1906.[4]

The Ruby Lumber Company and Pine Hill Lumber Company were based in Wautubbee and both operated sawmills there.[5]

The Wautubbee Formation is named for Wautubbee.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wautubbee
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
  4. ^ "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. ^ Howe, Tony. "Wautubbee, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. ^ Grace C. Keroher (1966). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1936-1960. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 4153.


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