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Choctaw County CHOCTAW COUNTY 1 4 141 122 133 7 8 Halsell Edna 3 5 6 Pelham Creek 2 Kinterbish 10 Y antley Yantley Chapel 16 Mollie 98 Hill 94 17 126 Cromwell Jachin 9 13 14 15 Naheola 130 95 Robjohn 156 Choctaw Tompkinsville 11 78 City Pushmataha k 119 ree Pennington Cyril C 18 12 Tuckabum 19 ue Bog 17 20 Lisman Cr NW o NE eek itt 114 135 Ch 21 Little Walker 101 10 23 22 Riderwood 108 Lavaca 24 82 85 25 109 R 99 E 31 V 100 93 I R Hinton 29 Mt. Sterling Rock 125 110 Springs 116 West Butler Butler 32 27 26 30 W 33 84 a 88 107 ha 137 la 34 73 Red k Springs 106 74 Land 139 35 B 89 ig 28 36 C r ee Needham T k a Bogueloosa l 121 la 43 40 w Ararat 38 96 a 75 m 113 S 104 p 44 u a 123 45 r v 132 Okatuppa e Spring Hodgewood y Melvin o Pleasant Hill r 41 s Hill 46 37 47 C CHOCTAW 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 Produced by the Dept. of Geography Primary highway College of Arts and Sciences The University of Alabama Secondary highway 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.
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