Magowah Creek

Magowah Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Magowah most likely is a corruption of the surname "McGower", after a local settler.[2] Variant names are "McCowens Creek", "McCowers Creek", and "McGowers Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magowah Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.



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