Tuscolameta Creek

{{short description|Stream in Mississippi, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

Tuscolameta Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.{{GNIS|695031|name=Tuscolameta Creek}}

Tuscolameta is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "young warrior".{{cite book|last=Baca|first=Keith A.|title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi|url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html|year=2007|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-483-6|page=125}} Variant names include "Tuscalameta", "Tuscalamita Creek", "Tushalamita", and "Tuskala Mita Creek".

In 1924, the Tuscolameta Creek received a 24 mile channelization to empty into the Pearl River.{{cn|date=September 2022}}