Waxahatchee Creek is a 21.7-mile-long (34.9 km) [1] tributary of the lower Coosa River near Shelby, Alabama. [2] It forms the southeastern border between Shelby County and Chilton County, where it is crossed by Alabama State Route 145. The lower reaches of Waxahatchee Creek are broad and popular with water skiers and recreational boaters. Several resort camps and marinas are located on the creek, and anglers have found the submerged forests of the middle to upper creek are favorite spots for largemouth bass. The channel is known for crappie. In the upper creek, the water grows very shallow, but there are "holes" of deep water where bluegill and bream are plentiful.[ citation needed]
Waxahatchee Creek is part of the habitat of the threatened round rocksnail, which is included on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species.
Etymologically, Waxahatchee may be derived from the Muscogee words wakse or Waksvlke (a clan name) and hacci or hvcce (stream). [3] [4] [5]
References in popular culture
- Waxahatchee, name of American indie rock music project of singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield
See also
- List of place names of Native American origin in Alabama
- Waxahachie, a city in Texas with a name possibly derived from Waxahatchee Creek
References
- ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 18, 2011.
- ^ "Chilton County".
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 558. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X. OCLC 53019644.
- ^ "Where does the name Waxahatchee come from?". à la Rob. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ Martin, Jack (2000). A dictionary of Creek/Muskogee : with notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole dialects of Creek. Mauldin, Margaret McKane, 1940-. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. p. 181. ISBN 0-8032-3207-1. OCLC 43561668.
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