Buffalo River (Mississippi)

USGS 1:24000-scale Quadrangle for Fort Adams, Mississippi (1996)

Buffalo River is a watercourse of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Also known as Buffalo Bayou, it is the "lowermost eastern major tributary to the Mississippi River."[2] In the early 19th century it was sometimes called Buffalo Creek.[3] Its headwaters are around Centreville, with some draining from Amite County.[2] The Buffalo "heads up in the sandy hills of eastern Wilkinson County"[4] before turning south and draining into the Mississippi River.[5] Its course between the headwaters and the Mississippi continually shifts, and currently it feeds the Old Homochitto River, where it supplies several bald cypress-dominated swamplands, and Lake Mary, an old oxbow channel of the Mississippi.[4] Its tributaries include Little Buffalo and Browns Creek.[5] Buffalo River is a popular location for fishing and hunting.[6] The Buffalo River supports at least 95 species of fish.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Buffalo River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  2. 1 2 3 Warren, M. A.; Cashner, R. C.; Suttkus, R. D. (1994). "Fishes of the Buffalo River system, Wilkinson County, southwestern Missouri". Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany. 29: 127–139.
  3. ↑ "An Act to extend the charter of the Homochitto Turnpike and Bridge Company". The Weekly Mississippian. March 13, 1840. p. 4. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  4. 1 2 "DEQ: Buffalo River no longer feeds Foster Lake". The Greenwood Commonwealth. Associated Press. September 5, 1999. p. 14. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  5. 1 2 Leather Britches (March 27, 2016). "Scenic Rivers: Wilkinson land of many waters". Enterprise-Journal. pp. A011. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  6. ↑ Herndon, Ernest (October 3, 2020). "At the river's mercy". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. pp. B1. Retrieved 2026-02-08.

31°04′24″N 91°33′57″W / 31.07337°N 91.56576°W / 31.07337; -91.56576


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