Yanubbee Creek
Yanubbee Creek is a stream in McCurtain County of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.[1]
The stream headwaters are the confluence of the East and West Forks at 34°04′32″N 94°44′09″W / 34.07556°N 94.73583°W[1] adjacent to US Route 259 north of Broken Bow and it flows to the south-southeast past Broken Bow and under US Route 70.[2] The stream confluence with Crooked Creek is at 33°58′45″N 94°41′59″W / 33.97917°N 94.69972°W.[1]
Yanubbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "ironwood".[3] A variant spelling is "Yanubbe Creek".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yanubbee Creek
- ^ Broken Bow, OK, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.