Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi

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Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Pushmataha Landing
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Pushmataha Landing
Coordinates: 34°08′12″N90°51′36″W / 34.13667°N 90.86000°W / 34.13667; -90.86000 Coordinates: 34°08′12″N90°51′36″W / 34.13667°N 90.86000°W / 34.13667; -90.86000
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Coahoma
Elevation
151 ft (46 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID692162 [1]

Pushmataha Landing, also known as Pushmataha, [2] is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Pushmataha Landing was named after Pushmataha, a Choctaw chieftain. [3] A post office operated under the name Pushmataha from 1880 to 1922. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 484.
  3. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 87–88. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  4. ↑ "Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 June 2020.


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