List of placenames of Choctaw origin explained

This is a list of place names that have arisen from or have equivalents in the Choctaw language or are from the names of people who were themselves Choctaw.

Language derivations

• Louisiana, United States
  • Atchafalaya River and Atchafalaya Swamp
  • Bogalusa
  • Bogue Falaya^{[1] [2]}
• Oklahoma, United States
  • Bokchito^[3]
  • Bokoshe^[4]

Personal name derivations

• Oklahoma, United States
  • Apukshunnubbee District
  • Atoka and Atoka County^[5]
  • Beavers Bend Resort Park

Equivalents without origin information

• Oklahoma, United States
  • Buck Creek, known in Choctaw as Lapitta Bok^[6]

Further reading

• Book: Bright, William . William Bright . Native American placenames of the United States . 2004 . University of Oklahoma Press . 978-0-8061-3598-4 . 53019644 . Google URL (pages to 150); Internet Archive URL (requires free registration and Borrow action)
• Book: Read, William A. . Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin . 1927 . Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College . University Bulletin, vol. XIX, no. 2 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Leeper, Clare D'Artois. Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. 19 October 2012. LSU Press. 978-0-8071-4740-5. 42.
2. Book: Bushnell, D.I. . The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana . 1909 . Government Printing Office . Washington . 7 .
3. Encyclopedia: . Bokchito . The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture . . Milligan . Keith.
4. Encyclopedia: . Bokoshe . The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture . . O'Dell . Larry .
5. Encyclopedia: . Atoka County . The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture . . Milligan . James C..
6. . 1 November 2023 . More Choctaw Place Names in “Oklahumma” . Iti Fabvssa . . District 2.