Bogue Chitto is an

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and

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(CDP) in Lincoln County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 437. Bogue Chitto is the only municipal

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in the state of Mississippi.

History

Bogue Chitto takes its name from the nearby Bogue Chitto River, the name of which is a Choctaw word, ''Bok Chito'', meaning "big river".Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 2016, "New Choctaw Dictionary, First Edition". Pgs. 202 and 361, "big: Chito","River: Bo

/ref> The population in 1900 was 582. At that time, the settlement had telephone and telegraph services, a school, and several churches. The local economy involved the lumber industry, and a lumber mill and cotton gin were located there. The settlement is located on a branch of the

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Geography

Bogue Chitto is in southern Lincoln County, west of the Bogue Chitto River and east of

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, which provides access to the town at Exit 30 (Bogue Chitto Road). I-55 leads north to

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, the state capital, and south the same distance to Hammond, Louisiana.

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runs through the community, just west of the center of town and parallel to I-55. US 51 leads north to Brookhaven, the Lincoln

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, and south to McComb. According to the

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, the Bogue Chitto CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. The Bogue Chitto River flows south past the community, then southeast into Louisiana, where it joins the

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Demographics

As of the

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, there were 437 people, 110 households, and 80 families residing in the CDP.

Education

Bogue Chitto is part of the Lincoln County School District. The Bogue Chitto Attendance Center serves area students in grades K-12. The community's first school was built in 1924. The original

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-style building was demolished in 2003 by Jackson Salvage Company.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Mississippi Census-designated places in Lincoln County, Mississippi