Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi

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Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi
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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.