Choctaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi

This article is about the unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi. For the unincorporated community in Neshoba County, Mississippi, see Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi.

Choctaw is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Choctaw is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Shaw and approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Stringtown, served by Mississippi Highway 450.

Choctaw, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°33′28″N 90°48′47″W
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 ID	668406[1]

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]

References

• Mississippi portal

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Choctaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi
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.