Editing Wetumpka, Alabama (section)

==Etymology==
The placename ''Wetumpka'' is derived from the Muscogee [[Muscogee language|Creek]] Native American language phrase ''we-wau'' ''tum-cau'' meaning "rumbling waters", believed to be a description of the sound of the nearby [[Coosa River]] at the rapids of the Devil's Staircase. The roar of the rapids reportedly could be heard for miles before the construction in the 20th century of [[Walter Bouldin Dam]] and Jordan Dam, when the river was captured as a reservoir behind the dam.<ref name="OHS">{{Cite web |title=Wetumka {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WE022 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society {{!}} OHS}}</ref>

After being forced west to [[Indian Territory]] (present-day Oklahoma), by United States soldiers under the [[Indian Removal Act]] of 1830, the [[Muscogee]] named their major settlement there [[Wetumka, Oklahoma|Wetumka]], after their historic village.<ref name="OHS" />