Chinchuba, Louisiana

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Chinchuba, Louisiana
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Chinchuba, Louisiana
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Chinchuba, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°23′14″N90°04′47″W / 30.38722°N 90.07972°W / 30.38722; -90.07972
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish St. Tammany
Elevation
[1]
20 ft (6 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 985
GNIS feature ID560422 [1]

Chinchuba (also Ozone Park) is an unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1]

The community is on U.S. Route 190 just northwest of Mandeville. [2]

Etymology

The name is derived from the Choctaw word Hachunchuba which means alligator in the Choctaw language. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Chinchuba, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 3rd ed., 2010, p. 47 ISBN   0899332862
  3. William A. Read (October 12, 2008). Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words. University of Alabama Press. pp. 29–. ISBN   978-0-8173-5505-0.