Choctaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi

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Choctaw, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Choctaw, Mississippi
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Choctaw, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°33′28″N90°48′47″W / 33.55778°N 90.81306°W / 33.55778; -90.81306
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 ID668406 [1]

Choctaw is an unincorporated community in Boliver County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

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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

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Choctaw
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ↑ "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

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