Nashoba, Oklahoma

Unincorporated community and Census designated place in Oklahoma, United States
34°28′54″N 95°12′52″W / 34.48167°N 95.21444°W / 34.48167; -95.21444CountryUnited StatesStateOklahomaCountyPushmatahaArea • Total0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) • Land0.50 sq mi (1.28 km2) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)Elevation692 ft (211 m)Population
 (2020)
 • Total51 • Density102.82/sq mi (39.74/km2)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code40-50350GNIS feature ID2805344[2]

Nashoba is an unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, 11 miles southeast of Tuskahoma.

A United States Post Office opened at Nashoba, Indian Territory on September 13, 1886. The community took its name from Nashoba County, Choctaw Nation. The county took its name from nashoba, the word in the Choctaw language for “wolf”, and the county was often referred to as Wolf County.[3]

Portions of the Nashoba area were formerly in Nashoba County, Choctaw Nation.[4] Nashoba County was disestablished upon Oklahoma statehood on November 16, 1907 and incorporated into McCurtain County and Pushmataha County.

Transportation in the Nashoba area was revolutionized during the 1950s with the construction of U.S. Highway 271, an all-weather paved highway connecting it to Clayton on the north and Antlers on the south. Oklahoma State Highway 144 connects Nashoba with Honobia and the mountain communities to its east.

The Fewell School, in the vicinity of Nashoba, is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202051—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Utilities

Telephone and Internet is provided by Hilliary Communications.

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nashoba, Oklahoma
  3. ^ George H. Shirk, Oklahoma Place Names, p. 147; Post Office Site Location Reports, Record Group 28, National Archives.
  4. ^ Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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