Chotard, Mississippi

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Chotard, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Chotard
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Chotard
Coordinates: 32°35′26″N91°01′20″W / 32.59056°N 91.02222°W / 32.59056; -91.02222
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Issaquena
Elevation
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98 ft (30 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID711146 [1]

Chotard (also Chotard Landing and Woodland) is an unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States.

Chotard originated as a postal village located directly on the Mississippi River, and had a population of 111 in 1900. [2]

In 1934, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the Newman Cutoff, which created Chotard and Albemarle Lakes, both oxbow lakes, and removed Chotard from the contiguous Mississippi River. [3]

Cottages now line the lake's edge at Chotard, and the community has become a destination for sport fishermen. The Chotard Landing Resort is located there, and a private boat launch may be accessed for a fee. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chotard, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 418.
  3. ↑ Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River" (PDF). Mississippi River Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Gentry, Phillip (December 30, 2009). "Goin' Deep". Mississippi Sportsman.


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