Choctaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi
Choctaw, Mississippi | |
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| Coordinates: 33°33′28″N 90°48′47″W / 33.55778°N 90.81306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Bolivar |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38773 |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 668406[1] |
Choctaw is an unincorporated community in Boliver County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
Descriptipon
Choctaw is approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of Shaw and approximately twelve miles (19 km) east of Stringtown, served by Mississippi Highway 450.
It is named for the Choctaw, one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, who were indigenous to this area at the time of European settlement.[2] Most of the Choctaw were forced to remove to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s. The federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is made up of descendants of those who remained in the territory and later state.
A post office operated under the name Choctaw from 1895 to 1920.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Choctaw
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
- ^ "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
External links
Media related to Choctaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi at Wikimedia Commons
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |