CHOCTAW COUNTY

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Water Valle1y02 Toxey r 105 Wimberly e 48 91 86 Lou e County Population 128 O k katup 112 C 1990...... 16,018 39 pa 42 r Thornton e Hurricane 49 E 1980...... 16,839 92 117 124 e 83 Springs E k 1970...... 16,589 Paragon B Gilbertown 97 G 1960...... 17,870 79 131 C I r B 1950...... 19,152 ee 114 M 1940...... 20,195 50 k 111 120 136 O 1930...... 20,513 Womack Hill T 52 1920...... 20,753 54 53 1910...... 18,483 SW Barrytown SE 1900...... 18,136 Souwilpa 56 1890...... 17,526 51 134 57 1880...... 15,731 55 1870...... 12,676 17 87 58 CHOCTAW NATIONAL 1860...... 13,877 WILDLIFE REFUGE 1850...... 8,389 127 115 eek Bolinger Cr 59 1847 established Isney 84 60 COFFEEVILLE Silas y 76 LOCK AND DAM e k r 61 140 62 u BLADON 129 63 SPRINGS 90 STATE PARK Service 138 66 69 64 118 81 Bladon 70 Aquilla Cullomburg Springs 68 Cantwell 77 80 71 103 65 67 72 Legend County seat

Pleasant 0 5 10 miles Hill Current place name 45 Historic place name

Melvin 37 Current place with variant name

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Other roads 58 Choctaw

Current or Historic Locale Remarks County Place Aguilla 64-SW variant for Aquilla Choctaw Alpha PO 98-NW PO in Fordtown in operation 1892-1916 (Gay) Choctaw Aquilla SW PO established in 1890 Choctaw Ararat SE named after biblical mountain, PO in operation 1839-1933 (Gay) Choctaw Armstrong 84-NW a black agricultural college existed here 1916-1919 (Gay) Choctaw Arno 100-NW PO in operation 1905-1916, Eliza Scott, postmaster (Gay) Choctaw Ashford 15-NE once a resort at the springs here c. 1840s, aka Williams Crossroads (Gay) Choctaw Bachcha Landing 32-NE Choctaw Barbour 13-NE Harris Crossroads c. 1840s, Barbour PO 1850-1855, then Desotoville (Gay) Choctaw Barrytown SW county seat of Washington County, 1842-1847, PO in operation 1835-1914 (Foscue) Choctaw Bass Landing 72-SE and Upper Bass Landing near the Bass Plantation (Gay) Choctaw Batcha Chukka 32-NE temporary Choctaw camp at Tuscahoma Landing before 1782 (Gay) Choctaw Bergamot 73-NW established c. 1880, PO in operation 1890-1929 (Gay) Choctaw Berrien 93-NW also known as Providence, PO est. in 1845, James R. Reid, Postmaster (Gay) Choctaw Bevills Store 5-NE variant for Pelham, Bevills PO in operation 1890 to c. 1920 (Gay) Choctaw Black Creek 115-SW had a PO in operation in 1859 Choctaw Blackwells Mill 116-NW at Hinton, named for early settler Albert Blackwell (Gay) Choctaw Bladon Landing 61-SE also known as Hills Landing Choctaw Bladon Springs SE first PO named Warrior Bridge in 1831, name changed in 1844, a resort (Foscue) Choctaw Blakeney 117-SW PO in 1905, site of Blake Sawmill (Gay) Choctaw Bogueloosa SW Choctaw for ‘black creek’ (Gay) Choctaw Bolinger SW founded by Sanford Henry Bolinger c. 1915, PO established in 1921 (Harris) Choctaw Bonner Town 86-SW Choctaw Branch 87-SW also known as Powe Town, PO in operation 1905-c.1916 (Gay) Choctaw Brightwater 40-SW PO established in 1905 (Gay) Choctaw Browns Landing 33-NE Choctaw Browns Store 65-SW Choctaw Bryant Store 4-NE Choctaw Butler NE became county seat 1847, named for Col. Pierce Butler of SC, PO est. in 1848 (Gay) Choctaw Cade Bend Landing 44-SE Choctaw Camp Springs 88-NW a PO was in operation here in 1839 with Wm. Melam as Postmaster (Gay) Choctaw Cantwell SW Choctaw Carnathan Mill 30-NE Choctaw Carney Town 116-NW settlement in Hinton named for John Carney and family (Gay) Choctaw Catos Fort 77-SE erected in 1813 but soon after abandoned (Harris2) Choctaw Cedahoma 141-NE Choctaw Cedar Springs 89-NE a school was located here in the 1920s (Gay) Choctaw Center Ridge 90-SW community around a now disbanded Baptist church (Gay) Choctaw Chaney Store 25-NE named for a local family of early settlers (Gay) Choctaw Chapel Hill NE named for its proximity to Christopher Chapel Methodist Church (Gay) Choctaw Chappell Hill 42-SW named for a local family, community around a school and church (Gay) Choctaw Cherokee 20-NE a river landing Choctaw Chillitos Landing 69-SE Choctaw Choctaw City NE PO in operation 1912-1967, W.E. Kemp was first Postmaster (Gay) Choctaw Clear Springs 14-NE variant for Jachin Choctaw Climax 11-NW a sawmill town in the 1920s (Gay) Choctaw Cocoa 91-SW PO in operation 1884 to c. 1905 Choctaw Coffeeville Ferry 62-SE Choctaw Compton 24-NE town served by Lotts Ferry Choctaw Copassaw 105-SE from the Choctaw Kapassa meaning ‘cold’ (Gay) Choctaw Coppersaw 123-SE found on maps c. 1890 Choctaw Cromwell NW named for Cromwell Ulmer, PO established in 1906 (Gay) Choctaw Cromwell Station 95-NW Choctaw Crossroads 97-SW also known as Old Samuel Choctaw Crumpton Bridge 85-NE named for Wm. Bryan Crumpton, demolished in 1990 (Gay) Choctaw Cullom 80-SW variant for Cullomburg (Foscue) Choctaw Cullom Springs 118-SE site of the once famous Cullom Hotel (Gay) Choctaw Choctaw 59

Current or Historic Locale Remarks County Place Cullomburg SW first Redemption, later Cullom, then Cullomburg, PO operation1912-1959 (Foscue) Choctaw Cyril NW named by first postmaster, A.G. McClendon, PO in operation 1905-c.1929 (Gay) Choctaw Danborough 119-NE one of the earliest settlements in the county, lots sold in 1836 (Gay) Choctaw Daniels 120-SE Choctaw Deas 78-NE rail station during the early 1920's, also spelled Dees (Foscue) Choctaw DeSotoville 13-NE called Barbour c. 1850, DeSotoville after 1855 (Gay) Choctaw Drag 79-SW variant for Paragon before 1910 (Gay) Choctaw Edna NE named for daughter of an early settler, PO discontinued in 1905 (Gay) Choctaw Eiler 38-SW lumber town, PO discontinued in 1937 (Gay) Choctaw Emory 50-SW named for minister Emory Sterns, PO in operation 1888-1932 (Gay) Choctaw Emory Creek 121-SE PO in operation 1859-1861, also known as Slaters Mill Choctaw Enoch 122-NW small 1870 settlement named for Enoch Allen family (Gay) Choctaw Eureka Landing 23-NE Choctaw Evansboro 39-SW named for early settlers, PO in operation from 1920-1929 (Gay) Choctaw Fail 63-SW established in 1836, named for early settler Alfred Fail, PO 1840-c. 1916 (Gay) Choctaw Ferrell Landing 48-SE Choctaw Flatwood 58-SE Choctaw Fordtown 98-NW named for settlers who were distillers of Fordtown whiskey (Gay) Choctaw Fuller Store 27-NW Choctaw G.B. Chaneys Landing 22-NE Choctaw Gibsons Mill 104-SE Choctaw Gilbertown SW PO established in 1911, Incorporated in 1913, named for a local family (Foscue) Choctaw Grangers Landing 47-SE Choctaw Halls Well 12-NW Choctaw Halsell NW PO in operation1912-1976, named for a local family (Gay) Choctaw Harbins Mill 124-SW voting place in the 1860’s (Gay) Choctaw Harmony 81-SE early name for Bladon Springs Choctaw Harris Crossroads 13-NE an early name for Barbour (Gay) Choctaw Hendricks Crossroads 29-NE variant for Butler, named for early settler, James Hendrick (Gay) Choctaw Hills Landing 61-SE also known as Bladon Landing (Gay) Choctaw Hinton NW PO in operation 1890-1920, a sawmill town (Gay) Choctaw Hodgewood SW a sawmill town, first known as Liberty (Foscue) Choctaw Horn 99-NW Choctaw Horners Old Store 125-NE located at Mt. Sterling (Gay) Choctaw Hurricane SW Choctaw Hurricane Creek 126-NW PO in operation 1855-1861, J.H. Thompson served as Postmaster (Gay) Choctaw Indian Springs 94-NE Choctaw Inman 82-NW variant for Riderwood, first Little John, then Inman, then Riderwood (Gay) Choctaw Isney SW first Shady Grove, then Izney, then Isney c. 1840 (Foscue) Choctaw Izney 127-SW variant for Isney Choctaw Jachin NE PO established in 1892 and later discontinued, earlier called Clear Creek (Gay) Choctaw Jackson Spur 96-SW Choctaw Kemps Landing 16-NE also called Mrs. Kemps Landing (Gay) Choctaw Kiser Hill 128-SW dead community around two disbanded churches (Gay) Choctaw Lampleys Landing 70-SE variant for Scott Landing Choctaw Land NW named for the Land family, PO established in 1913 and later discontinued (Foscue) Choctaw Laney 129-SW Choctaw Lavaca NE PO established in 1848, named after Port Lavaca, Texas (Gay) Choctaw Lenora 52-SE Choctaw Lenora Landing 114-SE presently known as Lenoir Landing Choctaw Lewis Lower Landing 8-NE Choctaw Liberty 41-SW first name for Hodgewood (Gay) Choctaw Lisman NW PO established in 1912, Incorporated in 1971, named by John T. Cochrane (Foscue) Choctaw Little John 82-NW variant for Riderwood, later known as Inman Choctaw Little Walker NE a black community (Gay) Choctaw 60 Choctaw

Current or Historic Locale Remarks County Place Littlepage 130-NW named for the family of early settlers c. 1850’s (Gay) Choctaw Lock Number Two 21-NE Choctaw Lotts Ferry 24-NE served the town of Compton Choctaw Lou SE named for Lorenzo “Lou” Downey, PO in operation 1905-c. 1916 (Gay) Choctaw Lowell 101-NE PO in operation 1905-c. 1920, locale now called Sunshine (Gay) Choctaw Lusk 75-SW founded c. 1880, PO established in 1890 (Gay) Choctaw Magnolia Landing 35-NE also Magnolia Bluff Landing Choctaw Manns Ferry 18-NE Choctaw Martin Landing 49-SE named for Isaac Martin or T. Martin (Gay) Choctaw Mathews 103-SW Choctaw McCartys Ferry 45-SE owned and operated by Mr. McCarty, also McCartys Landing (Gay) Choctaw Means 1-NW railroad flagstop named for landowner Brick Means (Gay) Choctaw Melvin SW founded in 1840, first called Nicholson's Store, name change by 1910 (Gay) Choctaw Mills Landing 34-NE also known as Wahalak Landing Choctaw Miltonville 127-SW PO at Isney c. 1840 Choctaw Missala 28-NW PO established in 1917 and discontinued in 1929 (Gay) Choctaw Mollie NW named for Mollie Ezell (Gay) Choctaw Moores Landing 60-SE named for two daughters of Chief Pushmataha: Martha and Betsy Moore (Gay) Choctaw Morgan Chapel 106-NE also known as Skelton Choctaw Morrisset Landing 34-NE also known as Wahalak Landing Choctaw Mose Spur 108-NW Choctaw Mosely Store 54-SW variant for Barrytown Choctaw Mosley Bridge 131-SW Choctaw Mouth of Warlock 34-NE also known as Wahalak Landing Choctaw Mt. Sterling NE PO in operation 1838-1967, named for a town in Kentucky (Foscue) Choctaw Murphys Ferry 19-NE voting place in 1868 (Gay) Choctaw Naheola NE PO in operation 1878-c. 1929, Choctaw for 'white man' (Gay) Choctaw Naheola Landing 17-NE the river boat Eliza Battle sank about a quarter mile up river from here (Gay) Choctaw Nanih Chana 132-SE Indian settlement Choctaw Needham SW PO established in 1910, named for early resident, Dr. Benjamin Needham (Foscue) Choctaw Nicholsons Store 37-SW variant for Melvin, PO established in 1883 (Gay) Choctaw Nix Bridge 111-SW named for a local family (Gay) Choctaw Oakchi Landing West 7-NE small Indian settlement and riverboat landing (Gay) Choctaw Oakchia Plantation 133-NE built in 1839 and moved from Lavaca, PO in operation 1905-c. 1929 Choctaw Okatuppa SW established in 1806, PO in operation 1859-1932 (Gay) Choctaw Okegaya 7-NE settled in 1763 and lasted only four years (Gay) Choctaw Old Bladon Landing 61-SE Choctaw Old Samuel 97-SW also known as simply Crossroads or Samuel (Gay) Choctaw Old Wimberly 83-SE variant for Thorton Springs Choctaw Owens Mill 107-NW probably named after John A. Owens (Gay) Choctaw Paragon SW established in 1880 as Drag, PO est. in 1902, Paragon PO 1910-1929 (Gay) Choctaw Pelham NE first known as Bevill's Store, PO in operation 1855-1861 (Gay) Choctaw Pennington NE PO established in 1883, Inc. in 1964, named for John Wesley Pennington (Foscue) Choctaw Pine Mill 134-SW Choctaw Pleasant Hill SE locale also known as Lou Choctaw Powe Town 87-SW also known as Branch Choctaw Powes Landing 57-SE named for H.A. Powe, Indian mounds at the site (Gay) Choctaw Pritchetts Store 3-NE Choctaw Providence 93-NW first known as Berrien, settled c. 1840’s (Gay) Choctaw Pushmataha NW PO in operation 1848-1964, named for Choctaw chief (Gay) Choctaw Quinn 46-SE had a population of around 50 in 1880 (Gay) Choctaw Rainers Store 9-NW Choctaw Red Creek 66-SW PO established in 1855, H. Dubose, Postmaster (Gay) Choctaw Red Crossroads 112-SW Choctaw Red Springs NW Choctaw Choctaw 61

Current or Historic Locale Remarks County Place Redemption 80-SW variant for Cullomburg, PO in operation 1910-c. 1916 (Gay) Choctaw Rentz Ferry 10-NE Choctaw Rescueville 67-SW established in 1886 by Lars and John Platt, PO in operation 1890-c. 1916 (Gay) Choctaw Riderwood NW first Inman, then Little John, named for John Rider, PO in operation c. 1916-17 (Gay) Choctaw Robjohn NE combination of Robert Edwards and John Hodges, PO in operation1888-1955 (Gay) Choctaw Rock Springs NW Choctaw Ruffins Plantation 135-NW at 7000 acres, one of the largest plantations in the county c. 1860 (Gay) Choctaw Salt Lick 74-NW Choctaw Samuel 136-SW Samuel Rogers had a store and PO here in 1900 (Gay) Choctaw Scott Bridge 26-NW Choctaw Scott Landing 70-SE also known as Lampleys Landing Choctaw Service SW a sawmill town, PO in operation 1929-1941 (Gay) Choctaw Sessions Landing 140-SE Choctaw Shady Grove 127-SW variant for Isney Choctaw Shorts Landing 60-SE also known as Wilkins Landing (Gay) Choctaw Silas SW named for postmaster Silas Shoemaker, appointed in 1881 (Foscue) Choctaw Singley Landing 55-SE Choctaw Skelton 106-NE also known as Morgan Chapel Choctaw Slater 137-NE also known as New Lusk Choctaw Slaters Landing 43-SE named for James Slater, Probate Judge of Choctaw County (Gay) Choctaw Slaters Mill 121-SE also known as Emory Creek, an early voting place (Gay) Choctaw Smith Landing 56-SE Choctaw Souwilpa SW PO in operation 1890-c. 1949 (Gay) Choctaw Spring Hill SE Choctaw Steiners Landing 6-NE named for the owner, two Indian mounds are at the site (Gay) Choctaw Sunshine 101-NE formerly known as Lowell Choctaw Taylor Mill 51-SW Choctaw Tews Mill 138-SW Choctaw Thorton Springs SE sometimes called Old Wimberly Choctaw Tico 76-SW Choctaw Tompkins Bluff Landing 18-NE at Manns Ferry Choctaw Tompkinsville NE an early voting place c.1844, PO in operation 1845-1866, 1875-1889 (Gay) Choctaw Toxey SW PO established in 1916, Incorporated in 1949 (Gay) Choctaw Tullis 102-SW PO in operation 1905-c. 1916 (Gay) Choctaw Turkey Creek Landing 59-SE Choctaw Turnertown 36-NW Choctaw Tuscahoma 32-NE PO in 1839, a river landing, also known as Red Bluff (Gay) Choctaw Upper Bass Landing 71-SE Choctaw Vanilla 92-SW probably derived from the Vanilla School once found here (Gay) Choctaw Wahalak Landing 34-NE Choctaw Walters Lower Landing 110-NE also known as Waters Lower Landing Choctaw Walters Upper Landing 109-NE Choctaw Warrior Bridge PO 68-SE renamed Bladon Springs PO in 1844 (Foscue) Choctaw Water Valley SW PO in operation 1905-c. 1941 (Gay) Choctaw Waters Landing 31-SE also known as Waters Upper Landing Choctaw Watkins Store 2-NE Choctaw West Butler NW PO in operation 1916-1951 Choctaw Westley 139-NE community around a church at the site (Gay) Choctaw Wildcat Landing 113-SE Choctaw Wilkins Landing 60-SE also known as Shorts Landing (Gay) Choctaw Williams Cross Roads PO 15-NE at Ashford, in operation 1839-1845 (Gay) Choctaw Williams Crossroads 15-NE an early voting place, c. 1841, known as Ashford after 1845 (Gay) Choctaw Wimberly SW PO in operation 1910-c. 1916 (Gay) Choctaw Womack Hill SE name for early settler John Womack and a later settler named Mr. Hill (Gay) Choctaw Wrights Landing 53-SE Choctaw Yantley NW first called Yantley Creek c. 1870, Yantley 1894 (Gay) Choctaw Yantley PO 15-NE located at Williams Crossroads in 1845, not Yantley (Gay) Choctaw 62 Choctaw

Numerical Listing of Historical Places 1 Means 28 Missala 58 Flatwood 86 Bonner Town 115 Black Creek 2 Watkins Store 29 Hendricks Crossroads 59 Turkey Creek Landing 87 Branch 116 Blackwells Mill 3 Pritchetts Store 30 Carnathan Mill 60 Moores Landing 87 Powe Town 116 Carney Town 4 Bryant Store 31 Waters Landing 60 Shorts Landing 88 Camp Springs 117 Blakeney 5 Bevills Store 32 Bachcha Landing 60 Wilkins Landing 89 Cedar Springs 118 Cullom Springs 6 Steiners Landing 32 Batcha Chukka 61 Bladon Landing 90 Center Ridge 119 Danborough 7 Oakchi Landing West 32 Tuscahoma 61 Hills Landing 91 Cocoa 120 Daniels 7 Okegaya 33 Browns Landing 61 Old Bladon Landing 92 Vanilla 121 Emory Creek 8 Lewis Lower Landing 34 Mills Landing 62 Coffeeville Ferry 93 Berrien 121 Slaters Mill 9 Rainers Store 34 Morrisset Landing 63 Fail 93 Providence 122 Enoch 10 Rentz Ferry 34 Mouth of Warlock Landing 64 Aguilla 94 Indian Springs 123 Coppersaw 11 Climax 34 Wahalak Landing 65 Browns Store 95 Cromwell Station 124 Harbins Mill 12 Halls Well 35 Magnolia Landing 66 Red Creek 96 Jackson Spur 125 Horners Old Store 13 Barbour 36 Turnertown 67 Rescueville 97 Crossroads 126 Hurricane Creek 13 DeSotoville 37 Nicholsons Store 68 Warrior Bridge PO 97 Old Samuel 127 Shady Grove 13 Harris Crossroads 38 Eiler 69 Chillitos Landing 98 Alpha PO 127 Izney 14 Clear Springs 39 Evansboro 70 Lampleys Landing 98 Fordtown 127 Miltonville 15 Ashford 40 Brightwater 70 Scott Landing 99 Horn 128 Kiser Hill 15 Williams Crossroads 41 Liberty 71 Upper Bass Landing 100 Arno 129 Laney 15 Williams Cross Roads PO 42 Chappell Hill 72 Bass Landing 101 Lowell 130 Littlepage 15 Yantley PO 43 Slaters Landing 73 Bergamot 101 Sunshine 131 Mosley Bridge 16 Kemps Landing 44 Cade Bend Landing 74 Salt Lick 102 Tullis 132 Nanih Chana 17 Naheola Landing 45 McCartys Ferry 75 Lusk 103 Mathews 133 Oakchia Plantation 18 Manns Ferry 46 Quinn 76 Tico 104 Gibsons Mill 134 Pine Mill 18 Tompkins Bluff Landing 47 Grangers Landing 77 Catos Fort 105 Copassaw 135 Ruffins Plantation 19 Murphys Ferry 48 Ferrell Landing 78 Deas 106 Morgan Chapel 136 Samuel 20 Cherokee 49 Martin Landing 79 Drag 106 Skelton 137 Slater 21 Lock Number Two 50 Emory 80 Cullom 107 Owens Mill 138 Tews Mill 22 G.B. Chaneys Landing 51 Taylor Mill 80 Redemption 108 Mose Spur 139 Westley 23 Eureka Landing 52 Lenora 81 Harmony 109 Walters Upper Landing 140 Sessions Landing 24 Compton 53 Wrights Landing 82 Inman 110 Walters Lower Landing 141 Cedahoma 24 Lotts Ferry 54 Mosely Store 82 Little John 111 Nix Bridge 25 Chaney Store 55 Singley Landing 83 Old Wimberly 112 Red Crossroads 26 Scott Bridge 56 Smith Landing 84 Armstrong 113 Wildcat Landing 27 Fuller Store 57 Powes Landing 85 Crumpton Bridge 114 Lenora Landing

U.S. Census of Population by Decade Towns 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910 1900 1890 1880 Bladen Springs 440 573 Butler 1,917 1,882 2,064 1,765 659 670 501 Gilbertown 235 218 207 270 413 229 Lisman 481 638 909 606 545 521 521 Needham 99 122 Pennington 302 335 301 Riderwood 737 591 Silas 245 343 345 353 383 Toxey 211 265 304 157 251 Womack Hill 410 62 Choctaw