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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Wautubbee, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 88°51′30″W / 32.11639°N 88.85833°W / 32.11639; -88.85833
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyClarke
Elevation377 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.

History

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

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

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

The Wautubbee Formation is named for Wautubbee.

References

  1. ^ 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. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 942.
  4. "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. Howe, Tony. "Wautubbee, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 21, 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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