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Deer Creek
Deer Creek - Scott, Mississippi.jpg
Bridge of abandoned Illinois Central Railroad line across Deer Creek in Scott
Country United States
State Mississippi
Physical characteristics
Main source Lake Boliver
Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi
33°35′56″N 91°04′50″W / 33.59889°N 91.08056°W / 33.59889; -91.08056
River mouth Yazoo River
Warren County, Mississippi
32°32′44″N 90°47′43″W / 32.54556°N 90.79528°W / 32.54556; -90.79528

Deer Creek (also Issaquena Creek or Lower Deer Creek) is a creek in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Its source is Lake Bolivar, in Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi.

As Deer Creek flows south through the Mississippi Delta, it passes through the following counties: Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena, and Warren; and through the following communities: Metcalfe, Stoneville, Leland, Burdett, Arcola, Hollandale, Panther Burn, Nitta Yuma, Anguilla, Rolling Fork, Cary, Onward, and Valley Park.

The Deer Creek watershed is connected to the Big Sunflower River via the Rolling Fork Creek, a connection that occurs only at high water stages and can flow either way.

Name

Deer Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Choctaw name isi okhina, meaning "deer river".

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