The Strong River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011 river in south-central Mississippi in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pearl River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Course The stream headwaters arise in the Bienville National Forest in Scott County, about west of Forest at and at an elevation of about .Hillsboro, Mississippi, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982 and flows generally to the southwest through Smith, Rankin and Simpson counties, past the town of D'Lo.Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 4th ed. 2010, pp 42-3 and 49 It flows into the Pearl River southeast of Georgetown at at an elevation of .
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.
See also List of Mississippi rivers
References Notes
Sources Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry