Chipola, Louisiana

Chipola, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°55′20″N90°48′11″W / 30.92222°N 90.80306°W / 30.92222; -90.80306
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. Helena Parish
Elevation [1]	230 ft (70 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70441
Area code	225
GNIS feature ID	560425 [1]
FIPS code	22-15045

Chipola is an unincorporated community in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located less than 10 miles (16 kilometres) northwest of Greensburg and 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northeast of Coleman Town.

Etymology

It is speculated that the name of the community is derived from the phrase "Chi pa yo ala" which means "The stream that sinks into the earth like the setting moon" in an old dialect of the Creek language. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Coleman Town, Louisiana

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chipola, Louisiana
2. Publications of the Florida Historical Society. Florida Historical Society. 1908. pp. 6–.
3. Swanton, John R. "Indian Place Names, American Speech, vol. 12": 212–215". JSTOR   452431.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)