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Pearl River, NY. Online Offers. Pearl River is a hamlet (and census-designated place), in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located east of Nauraushaun; north of the state of New Jersey; south of Nanuet and west of Blauvelt. The population was 15,553 at the 2000 census.
I think this is Yazoo River. The Tallahatchie River runs through Money, MS, which is about 10 miles north of Greenwood, MS. The Tallahatchie River and the Yalobusha River join just above Greenwood to form the Yazoo River. The actual bridge in the story/song refers to a bridge supposedly in or near Money, MS.