Choctaw, Arkansas

Choctaw, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°31′39″N 92°26′24″W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Van Buren
Elevation [1]	548 ft (167 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72028
Area code	501
GNIS feature ID	57548[1]

Choctaw is an unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States. Choctaw is located at the junction of U.S. Route 65, Arkansas Highway 9, and Arkansas Highway 330, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southeast of downtown Clinton. Choctaw has a post office with ZIP code 72028.[2]

There was a previous location of the community, called "Old Choctaw" and people moved to a new area, "New Choctaw," after the former area was filled with water in the 1960s.[3]

Education

In 1952 "Old Choctaw" was in the Clinton School District.[4]

As of 2020, "New Choctaw" was in the Clinton School District.[5] Clinton High School is the zoned comprehensive high school of that district.

Notable people

• Bill Bradford, Major League Baseball pitcher[6]
• Glenna Sue Kidd, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher[7][8] She is from "Old Choctaw".[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Choctaw, Arkansas
2. ZIP Code Lookup Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Sue Kidd (1933–2017)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
4. "General Highway and Transportation Map Van Buren County Arkansas (School District Map)". Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1952–1954. - Full image
5. Compare: "General Highway Map Van Buren County Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansa State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
   "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Van Buren County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2025. - Text list
6. "Bill Bradford". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
7. "Glenna Sue Kidd". AAGPBL.org. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
8. Matter, Kathy (July 28, 1992). "She's in her own league". Journal and Courier. pp. B1, B6 – via Newspapers.com. - On page B1: "She was 15 in Choctaw, Ark.,[...]"

External links

• The location of "Old Choctaw" is indicated in: "General Highway and Transportation Map Van Buren County Arkansas". Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1952–1954. - Full image