CHOCTAW COUNTY 1 4 122 6 5 3 Pelham 2 14 13 Cyril Tuckabum 12 135 Ch itto 114 25 26 32 33 al ak 75 121 Hodgewood 41 37 Hurricane 92 112 117 124 Paragon 97 Gilbertown 79 131 Cr k 52 17 53 55 87 Bolinger 57 58 ek Cre 115 84 urk ey Silas 129 63 90 66 138 64 Cantwell 103 76 BLADON SPRINGS STATE PARK 118 Cullomburg Aquilla 80 65 1990....................16,018 1980....................16,839 1970....................16,589 1960....................17,870 1950....................19,152 1940....................20,195 1930....................20,513 1920....................20,753 1910....................18,483 1900....................18,136 1890....................17,526 1880....................15,731 1870....................12,676 1860....................13,877 1850......................8,389 1847 established 56 51 134 Isney 114 SE 54 CHOCTAW County Population 105 49 120 Souwilpa 127 Thornton Womack Hill Barrytown 46 48 83 Springs 111 136 SW Lou 42 ee 50 44 132 47 Wimberly Okatu ppa 113 45 Spring Hill Pleasant Hill Creek 39 Toxey 86 123 Creek 128 102 Water Valley ors vey Sur Okatuppa 43 Ararat 104 Melvin 35 k ee Cr 96 pa am law Tal Bogueloosa 40 38 139 89 g Bi Needham 91 34 Land 36 28 Wa h 137 106 Red Springs 74 110 125 30 84 107 85 Butler West Butler 88 73 22 TOM BIGB EE 27 Mt. Sterling 29 Rock Springs 109 31 93 Hinton 19 20 21 23 24 Lavaca 99 116 18 101 Little Walker 82 100 Tompkinsville Creek 10 108 Riderwood NE 17 Lisman Choctaw City Pennington 78 ek Cre 119 e Bogu Robjohn 156 11 Pushmataha Naheola 15 95 130 NW 16 17 94 Jachin Cromwell 9 10 RIVE R 126 Chapel Hill Mollie 98 Creek Kinterbish Yantle y Yantley 141 8 133 7 Edna Halsell CHOCTAW NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 59 60 COFFEEVILLE LOCK AND DAM 61 140 62 Service 81 Bladon Springs 68 69 70 77 67 71 Legend 72 County seat 0 5 10 miles Pleasant Hill Melvin Produced by the Dept. of Geography College of Arts and Sciences The University of Alabama Current place name 45 Historic place name 37 Current place with variant name Primary highway Secondary highway Other roads 58 Choctaw Current or Historic Place Aguilla Alpha PO Aquilla Ararat Armstrong Arno Ashford Bachcha Landing Barbour Barrytown Bass Landing Batcha Chukka Bergamot Berrien Bevills Store Black Creek Blackwells Mill Bladon Landing Bladon Springs Blakeney Bogueloosa Bolinger Bonner Town Branch Brightwater Browns Landing Browns Store Bryant Store Butler Cade Bend Landing Camp Springs Cantwell Carnathan Mill Carney Town Catos Fort Cedahoma Cedar Springs Center Ridge Chaney Store Chapel Hill Chappell Hill Cherokee Chillitos Landing Choctaw City Clear Springs Climax Cocoa Coffeeville Ferry Compton Copassaw Coppersaw Cromwell Cromwell Station Crossroads Crumpton Bridge Cullom Cullom Springs Locale 64-SW 98-NW SW SE 84-NW 100-NW 15-NE 32-NE 13-NE SW 72-SE 32-NE 73-NW 93-NW 5-NE 115-SW 116-NW 61-SE SE 117-SW SW SW 86-SW 87-SW 40-SW 33-NE 65-SW 4-NE NE 44-SE 88-NW SW 30-NE 116-NW 77-SE 141-NE 89-NE 90-SW 25-NE NE 42-SW 20-NE 69-SE NE 14-NE 11-NW 91-SW 62-SE 24-NE 105-SE 123-SE NW 95-NW 97-SW 85-NE 80-SW 118-SE Remarks variant for Aquilla PO in Fordtown in operation 1892-1916 (Gay) PO established in 1890 named after biblical mountain, PO in operation 1839-1933 (Gay) a black agricultural college existed here 1916-1919 (Gay) PO in operation 1905-1916, Eliza Scott, postmaster (Gay) once a resort at the springs here c. 1840s, aka Williams Crossroads (Gay) Harris Crossroads c. 1840s, Barbour PO 1850-1855, then Desotoville (Gay) county seat of Washington County, 1842-1847, PO in operation 1835-1914 (Foscue) and Upper Bass Landing near the Bass Plantation (Gay) temporary Choctaw camp at Tuscahoma Landing before 1782 (Gay) established c. 1880, PO in operation 1890-1929 (Gay) also known as Providence, PO est. in 1845, James R. Reid, Postmaster (Gay) variant for Pelham, Bevills PO in operation 1890 to c. 1920 (Gay) had a PO in operation in 1859 at Hinton, named for early settler Albert Blackwell (Gay) also known as Hills Landing first PO named Warrior Bridge in 1831, name changed in 1844, a resort (Foscue) PO in 1905, site of Blake Sawmill (Gay) Choctaw for ‘black creek’ (Gay) founded by Sanford Henry Bolinger c. 1915, PO established in 1921 (Harris) also known as Powe Town, PO in operation 1905-c.1916 (Gay) PO established in 1905 (Gay) became county seat 1847, named for Col. Pierce Butler of SC, PO est. in 1848 (Gay) a PO was in operation here in 1839 with Wm. Melam as Postmaster (Gay) settlement in Hinton named for John Carney and family (Gay) erected in 1813 but soon after abandoned (Harris2) a school was located here in the 1920s (Gay) community around a now disbanded Baptist church (Gay) named for a local family of early settlers (Gay) named for its proximity to Christopher Chapel Methodist Church (Gay) named for a local family, community around a school and church (Gay) a river landing PO in operation 1912-1967, W.E. Kemp was first Postmaster (Gay) variant for Jachin a sawmill town in the 1920s (Gay) PO in operation 1884 to c. 1905 town served by Lotts Ferry from the Choctaw Kapassa meaning ‘cold’ (Gay) found on maps c. 1890 named for Cromwell Ulmer, PO established in 1906 (Gay) also known as Old Samuel named for Wm. Bryan Crumpton, demolished in 1990 (Gay) variant for Cullomburg (Foscue) site of the once famous Cullom Hotel (Gay) County Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw 59 Current or Historic Place Cullomburg Cyril Danborough Daniels Deas DeSotoville Drag Edna Eiler Emory Emory Creek Enoch Eureka Landing Evansboro Fail Ferrell Landing Flatwood Fordtown Fuller Store G.B. Chaneys Landing Gibsons Mill Gilbertown Grangers Landing Halls Well Halsell Harbins Mill Harmony Harris Crossroads Hendricks Crossroads Hills Landing Hinton Hodgewood Horn Horners Old Store Hurricane Hurricane Creek Indian Springs Inman Isney Izney Jachin Jackson Spur Kemps Landing Kiser Hill Lampleys Landing Land Laney Lavaca Lenora Lenora Landing Lewis Lower Landing Liberty Lisman Little John Little Walker Locale SW NW 119-NE 120-SE 78-NE 13-NE 79-SW NE 38-SW 50-SW 121-SE 122-NW 23-NE 39-SW 63-SW 48-SE 58-SE 98-NW 27-NW 22-NE 104-SE SW 47-SE 12-NW NW 124-SW 81-SE 13-NE 29-NE 61-SE NW SW 99-NW 125-NE SW 126-NW 94-NE 82-NW SW 127-SW NE 96-SW 16-NE 128-SW 70-SE NW 129-SW NE 52-SE 114-SE 8-NE 41-SW NW 82-NW NE Remarks first Redemption, later Cullom, then Cullomburg, PO operation1912-1959 (Foscue) named by first postmaster, A.G. McClendon, PO in operation 1905-c.1929 (Gay) one of the earliest settlements in the county, lots sold in 1836 (Gay) rail station during the early 1920's, also spelled Dees (Foscue) called Barbour c. 1850, DeSotoville after 1855 (Gay) variant for Paragon before 1910 (Gay) named for daughter of an early settler, PO discontinued in 1905 (Gay) lumber town, PO discontinued in 1937 (Gay) named for minister Emory Sterns, PO in operation 1888-1932 (Gay) PO in operation 1859-1861, also known as Slaters Mill small 1870 settlement named for Enoch Allen family (Gay) named for early settlers, PO in operation from 1920-1929 (Gay) established in 1836, named for early settler Alfred Fail, PO 1840-c. 1916 (Gay) named for settlers who were distillers of Fordtown whiskey (Gay) PO established in 1911, Incorporated in 1913, named for a local family (Foscue) PO in operation1912-1976, named for a local family (Gay) voting place in the 1860’s (Gay) early name for Bladon Springs an early name for Barbour (Gay) variant for Butler, named for early settler, James Hendrick (Gay) also known as Bladon Landing (Gay) PO in operation 1890-1920, a sawmill town (Gay) a sawmill town, first known as Liberty (Foscue) located at Mt. Sterling (Gay) PO in operation 1855-1861, J.H. Thompson served as Postmaster (Gay) variant for Riderwood, first Little John, then Inman, then Riderwood (Gay) first Shady Grove, then Izney, then Isney c. 1840 (Foscue) variant for Isney PO established in 1892 and later discontinued, earlier called Clear Creek (Gay) also called Mrs. Kemps Landing (Gay) dead community around two disbanded churches (Gay) variant for Scott Landing named for the Land family, PO established in 1913 and later discontinued (Foscue) PO established in 1848, named after Port Lavaca, Texas (Gay) presently known as Lenoir Landing first name for Hodgewood (Gay) PO established in 1912, Incorporated in 1971, named by John T. Cochrane (Foscue) variant for Riderwood, later known as Inman a black community (Gay) County Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw 60 Choctaw Current or Historic Place Locale Remarks Littlepage Lock Number Two Lotts Ferry Lou Lowell Lusk Magnolia Landing Manns Ferry Martin Landing Mathews McCartys Ferry Means Melvin Mills Landing Miltonville Missala Mollie Moores Landing Morgan Chapel Morrisset Landing Mose Spur Mosely Store Mosley Bridge Mouth of Warlock 130-NW 21-NE 24-NE SE 101-NE 75-SW 35-NE 18-NE 49-SE 103-SW 45-SE 1-NW SW 34-NE 127-SW 28-NW NW 60-SE 106-NE 34-NE 108-NW 54-SW 131-SW 34-NE named for the family of early settlers c. 1850’s (Gay) Mt. Sterling Murphys Ferry Naheola Naheola Landing Nanih Chana Needham Nicholsons Store Nix Bridge Oakchi Landing West Oakchia Plantation Okatuppa Okegaya Old Bladon Landing Old Samuel Old Wimberly Owens Mill Paragon Pelham Pennington Pine Mill Pleasant Hill Powe Town Powes Landing Pritchetts Store Providence Pushmataha Quinn Rainers Store Red Creek Red Crossroads Red Springs NE 19-NE NE 17-NE 132-SE SW 37-SW 111-SW 7-NE 133-NE SW 7-NE 61-SE 97-SW 83-SE 107-NW SW NE NE 134-SW SE 87-SW 57-SE 3-NE 93-NW NW 46-SE 9-NW 66-SW 112-SW NW PO in operation 1838-1967, named for a town in Kentucky (Foscue) voting place in 1868 (Gay) PO in operation 1878-c. 1929, Choctaw for 'white man' (Gay) the river boat Eliza Battle sank about a quarter mile up river from here (Gay) Indian settlement PO established in 1910, named for early resident, Dr. Benjamin Needham (Foscue) variant for Melvin, PO established in 1883 (Gay) named for a local family (Gay) small Indian settlement and riverboat landing (Gay) built in 1839 and moved from Lavaca, PO in operation 1905-c. 1929 established in 1806, PO in operation 1859-1932 (Gay) settled in 1763 and lasted only four years (Gay) served the town of Compton named for Lorenzo “Lou” Downey, PO in operation 1905-c. 1916 (Gay) PO in operation 1905-c. 1920, locale now called Sunshine (Gay) founded c. 1880, PO established in 1890 (Gay) also Magnolia Bluff Landing named for Isaac Martin or T. Martin (Gay) owned and operated by Mr. McCarty, also McCartys Landing (Gay) railroad flagstop named for landowner Brick Means (Gay) founded in 1840, first called Nicholson's Store, name change by 1910 (Gay) also known as Wahalak Landing PO at Isney c. 1840 PO established in 1917 and discontinued in 1929 (Gay) named for Mollie Ezell (Gay) named for two daughters of Chief Pushmataha: Martha and Betsy Moore (Gay) also known as Skelton also known as Wahalak Landing variant for Barrytown also known as Wahalak Landing also known as simply Crossroads or Samuel (Gay) variant for Thorton Springs probably named after John A. Owens (Gay) established in 1880 as Drag, PO est. in 1902, Paragon PO 1910-1929 (Gay) first known as Bevill's Store, PO in operation 1855-1861 (Gay) PO established in 1883, Inc. in 1964, named for John Wesley Pennington (Foscue) locale also known as Lou also known as Branch named for H.A. Powe, Indian mounds at the site (Gay) first known as Berrien, settled c. 1840’s (Gay) PO in operation 1848-1964, named for Choctaw chief (Gay) had a population of around 50 in 1880 (Gay) PO established in 1855, H. Dubose, Postmaster (Gay) County Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw 61 Current or Historic Place Redemption Rentz Ferry Rescueville Riderwood Robjohn Rock Springs Ruffins Plantation Salt Lick Samuel Scott Bridge Scott Landing Service Sessions Landing Shady Grove Shorts Landing Silas Singley Landing Skelton Slater Slaters Landing Slaters Mill Smith Landing Souwilpa Spring Hill Steiners Landing Sunshine Taylor Mill Tews Mill Thorton Springs Tico Tompkins Bluff Landing Tompkinsville Toxey Tullis Turkey Creek Landing Turnertown Tuscahoma Upper Bass Landing Vanilla Wahalak Landing Walters Lower Landing Walters Upper Landing Warrior Bridge PO Water Valley Waters Landing Watkins Store West Butler Westley Wildcat Landing Wilkins Landing Williams Cross Roads PO Williams Crossroads Wimberly Womack Hill Wrights Landing Yantley Yantley PO Locale 80-SW 10-NE 67-SW NW NE NW 135-NW 74-NW 136-SW 26-NW 70-SE SW 140-SE 127-SW 60-SE SW 55-SE 106-NE 137-NE 43-SE 121-SE 56-SE SW SE 6-NE 101-NE 51-SW 138-SW SE 76-SW 18-NE NE SW 102-SW 59-SE 36-NW 32-NE 71-SE 92-SW 34-NE 110-NE 109-NE 68-SE SW 31-SE 2-NE NW 139-NE 113-SE 60-SE 15-NE 15-NE SW SE 53-SE NW 15-NE Remarks variant for Cullomburg, PO in operation 1910-c. 1916 (Gay) established in 1886 by Lars and John Platt, PO in operation 1890-c. 1916 (Gay) first Inman, then Little John, named for John Rider, PO in operation c. 1916-17 (Gay) combination of Robert Edwards and John Hodges, PO in operation1888-1955 (Gay) at 7000 acres, one of the largest plantations in the county c. 1860 (Gay) Samuel Rogers had a store and PO here in 1900 (Gay) also known as Lampleys Landing a sawmill town, PO in operation 1929-1941 (Gay) variant for Isney also known as Wilkins Landing (Gay) named for postmaster Silas Shoemaker, appointed in 1881 (Foscue) also known as Morgan Chapel also known as New Lusk named for James Slater, Probate Judge of Choctaw County (Gay) also known as Emory Creek, an early voting place (Gay) PO in operation 1890-c. 1949 (Gay) named for the owner, two Indian mounds are at the site (Gay) formerly known as Lowell sometimes called Old Wimberly at Manns Ferry an early voting place c.1844, PO in operation 1845-1866, 1875-1889 (Gay) PO established in 1916, Incorporated in 1949 (Gay) PO in operation 1905-c. 1916 (Gay) PO in 1839, a river landing, also known as Red Bluff (Gay) probably derived from the Vanilla School once found here (Gay) also known as Waters Lower Landing renamed Bladon Springs PO in 1844 (Foscue) PO in operation 1905-c. 1941 (Gay) also known as Waters Upper Landing PO in operation 1916-1951 community around a church at the site (Gay) also known as Shorts Landing (Gay) at Ashford, in operation 1839-1845 (Gay) an early voting place, c. 1841, known as Ashford after 1845 (Gay) PO in operation 1910-c. 1916 (Gay) name for early settler John Womack and a later settler named Mr. Hill (Gay) first called Yantley Creek c. 1870, Yantley 1894 (Gay) located at Williams Crossroads in 1845, not Yantley (Gay) County Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw Choctaw 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 Bladen Springs Butler Gilbertown Lisman Needham Pennington Riderwood Silas Toxey Womack Hill 1990 1980 1970 1,917 235 481 99 302 1,882 218 638 122 335 2,064 207 245 211 343 265 345 304 1960 1950 1,765 270 909 659 413 606 353 157 383 251 1940 1930 1920 670 501 545 521 229 521 737 591 1910 1900 1890 440 301 410 1880 573 62 Choctaw
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