Deer Creek (Mississippi)

Deer Creek
Bridge of abandoned Illinois Central Railroad line across Deer Creek in Scott
Location
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Boliver
• location	Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi
• coordinates	33°35′56″N 91°04′50″W
Mouth	Yazoo River
• location	Warren County, Mississippi
• coordinates	32°32′44″N 90°47′43″W

Deer Creek (also Issaquena Creek or Lower Deer Creek) is a creek in Mississippi, United States. Its source is Lake Bolivar, in Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Course

Route of US Navy attempting to access Yazoo River by the way of Steels Bayou and Deer Creek, during American Civil War.

As Deer Creek flows south through the Mississippi Delta, it passes through the following counties: Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena, and Warren; and through the following communities: Metcalfe, Stoneville, Leland, Burdett, Arcola, Hollandale, Panther Burn, Nitta Yuma, Anguilla, Rolling Fork, Cary, Onward, and Valley Park.

The Deer Creek watershed is connected to the Big Sunflower River via the Rolling Fork Creek, a connection that occurs only at high water stages and can flow either way.

Name

Deer Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Choctaw name isi okhina, meaning "deer river".

History

In 1875 a sheriff testified about 1875 election violence and stated he knew of 8 African Americans killed in the area of Deer Creek. He also testified that Board of Supervisors member Frank P. Brooks was instructed to resign by a committee of whites.

See also

• List of rivers of Mississippi