Nashoba, Oklahoma Explained

Nashoba
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community and Census designated place
Pushpin Map:Oklahoma#USA
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Oklahoma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Oklahoma
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Pushmataha
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.29
Area Land Km2:1.28
Area Water Km2:0.01
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:51
Population Density Km2:39.74
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:692
Coordinates:34.4817°N -95.2144°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:40-50350
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2805344
Area Total Sq Mi:0.50
Area Land Sq Mi:0.50
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Density Sq Mi:102.82

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.[2]

Portions of the Nashoba area were formerly in Nashoba County, Choctaw Nation.[3] 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.

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Utilities

Telephone and Internet is provided by Hilliary Communications.

References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. George H. Shirk, Oklahoma Place Names, p. 147; Post Office Site Location Reports, Record Group 28, National Archives.
  3. Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.