Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi

Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°08′12″N 90°51′36″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Coahoma
Elevation	151 ft (46 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	692162[1]

Pushmataha Landing, also known as Pushmataha,[2] is an unincorporated community located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Pushmataha Landing was named after Pushmataha, a Choctaw chieftain.[3] A post office operated under the name Pushmataha from 1880 to 1922.[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pushmataha Landing, Mississippi
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 484.
3. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
4. "Coahoma County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 10, 2020.