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The Amite River / ˈ eɪ. m i t / (French: Rivière Amite) is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about 117 miles (188 km) long. [ 2 ] It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge , to Lake Maurepas.
Amite County / ˈ eɪ. m ɛ t / is a county located in the state of Mississippi on its southern border with Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,720. [1] Its county seat is Liberty. [2] The county is named after the Amite River, which runs through the county. Amite County is part of the McComb, MS micropolitan statistical area.
The lake receives fresh water from four river systems: Blind River, Amite River, Tickfaw River, and the Natalbany River. The average freshwater input to Lake Maurepas from these rivers and other minor terrestrial sources is less than 3,400 cubic feet per second (96 m 3 /s) (CWPPRA Environmental Workgroup, 2001).
Amite County: 005: Liberty: AM: 1809: Formed from Wilkinson County: Amite River, from potential corruption of Choctaw word for "young" 12,442: 731.7 sq mi (1,895 km 2) Attala County: 007: Kosciusko: AT: 1833: Formed from Madison County: Fictional Native American heroine from the early 19th-century novel Atala by François-René de Chateaubriand ...
French Settlement was settled in 1800 via the Amite River by French, German, and Italian immigrants. The area was a thriving center of commerce, including cypress sawmills, animal trappers, shingle-making, farms, and a steamboat port.
Hatchie River – related to the common root word for "river" in Muscogean languages, such as Choctaw hvcha or hacha and Creek hvtce; however, the river is located within traditional Chickasaw homeland of North Mississippi, and the modern Chickasaw word for river is abookoshi’, suggesting that either the name is a more recent appellation or ...
Lake Maurepas is six miles to the east and the Amite River lies approximately one half mile to the north. [2] The ZIP Code for Maurepas is 70449. [3] Lake Maurepas is located to the west of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana's largest lake.
The Amite River, the main body of water in Denham Springs, was one of the most publicized rivers that flooded. Downtown Denham Springs has transformed itself from hardware stores, drug stores, doctors' offices, and a single movie theater, into a collection of unique antique shops, and boutiques, including the locally popular restaurants and Cafes.