Sucarnoochee River
# Sucarnoochee River

The Sucarnoochee River is a river in Kemper County, Mississippi and Sumter County, Alabama. It originates at 32°41′56″N 88°29′05″W﻿ / ﻿32.69877°N 88.48470°W﻿ / 32.69877; -88.48470, near Porterville, Mississippi, and discharges into the Tombigbee River at 32°25′24″N 88°02′44″W﻿ / ﻿32.42322°N 88.04564°W﻿ / 32.42322; -88.04564. It is 49.5 miles (79.7 km) long and drains an area of 607 square miles (1,570 $km^2).$

Sucarnoochee is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "hog's river" or "place where hogs fatten".

