Strong River

The Strong River is a 95.2-mile-long (153.2 km)^[1] river in south-central Mississippi in the United States.^[2] It is a tributary of the Pearl River,^[3] which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Strong River at the D'Lo Water Park in D'Lo, where the "Siren Scene" in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) was filmed.^{[citation needed]}

Course

The stream headwaters arise in the Bienville National Forest in Scott County, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Forest at 32°23′08″N 89°35′04″W / 32.38556°N 89.58444°W / 32.38556; -89.58444^[2] and at an elevation of about 465 feet.^[4] and flows generally to the southwest through Smith, Rankin and Simpson counties, past the town of D'Lo.^[3] It flows into the Pearl River 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Georgetown at 31°50′59″N 90°08′09″W / 31.84972°N 90.13583°W / 31.84972; -90.13583 at an elevation of 197 feet.^[2]

The Strong River takes its name from the English translation of the Choctaw words boke or boge homi, which means "bitter creek" or "strong tasting creek", a result of the tannic acid dissolved in the water by decomposing leaves. The name has nothing to do with the velocity of the stream.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Mississippi rivers

References

Notes

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Strong River
3. Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 4th ed. 2010, pp 42-3 and 49 ISBN 0-89933-346-X
4. Hillsboro, Mississippi, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982

Sources

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry