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Lake_Pushmataha Latitude and Longitude:

32°47′50″N 89°14′40″W / 32.797113°N 89.244526°W / 32.797113; -89.244526
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Lake Pushmataha
Location of Mississippi, USA.
Location of Mississippi, USA.
Lake Pushmataha
Location of Mississippi, USA.
Location of Mississippi, USA.
Lake Pushmataha
Location Neshoba County, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°47′50″N 89°14′40″W / 32.797113°N 89.244526°W / 32.797113; -89.244526
Type reservoir
Etymology Pushmataha
Surface area285-acre (115 ha)

Lake Pushmataha is a 285-acre (115 ha) reservoir in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1]

Lake Pushmataha was named after Pushmataha, a Choctaw chieftain. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Choctaw Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks". Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 87. ISBN  978-1-60473-483-6.