| Buttahatchee River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alabama, Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Length: | 75miles |
| Source1 Location: | Winston County, Alabama |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 34.1869°N -87.6219°W |
| Mouth: | Tombigbee River |
| Mouth Location: | Border between Monroe County and Lowndes County, Mississippi |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 33.6506°N -88.5136°W |
The Buttahatchee River is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about 125miles long,[1] in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi in the United States. Via the Tombigbee River, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Buttahatchee River rises in northwestern Winston County, Alabama, near the town of Delmar, and flows generally westward through Marion County, where it collects a short tributary, the West Branch Buttahatchee River. At Hamilton, the river turns to the southwest and flows through Lamar County, Alabama and Monroe County, Mississippi; its lower reach is used to define part of the boundary between Monroe and Lowndes counties. The Buttahatchee joins the Tombigbee near Columbus Air Force Base, 12 mi (19 km) north-northwest of Columbus.[2]
The name "Buttahatchee" is Choctaw for "sumac river", from bati, "sumac", and hahcha, "river".[3]
The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Buttahatchee River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1947. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Buttahatchee River has also been known as:
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. William Bright. Native American placenames of the United States. 11 April 2011. 2004. University of Oklahoma Press. 978-0-8061-3598-4. 74.