Chockie (formerly ''Chickiechockie'') is an

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11 miles northeast of Stringtown, in

Atoka County Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,007. Its county seat is Atoka. The county was formed before statehood from Choctaw Lands, and its name honors a Choctaw Chief named ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

, United States. A post office was established at Chickiechockie, Indian Territory on June 17, 1891. Its name was changed to Chockie on February 8, 1904. The post office closed on March 15, 1905. The post office was three miles south of Limestone Gap. At the time of its founding, the community was located in

Atoka County, Choctaw Nation Atoka County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Pushmataha District, or Third District, one of three administrative super-r ...

. On August 30, 1916 a nearby post office, Rich, was renamed Chockie. It was discontinued on November 30, 1934. The community was named for Chickie and Chockie, the two daughters of Charles LeFlore. Chickie was later the wife of

Lee Cruce Lee Cruce (July 8, 1863 – January 16, 1933) was an American lawyer, banker and the second governor of Oklahoma. Losing to Charles N. Haskell in the 1907 Democratic primary election to serve as the first governor of Oklahoma, Cruce successful ...

, Oklahoma's second

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.Shirk, ''Oklahoma Place Names'', p. 44. Singer and actress

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lived in Chockie for a period of time."Atoka County", ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''; retrieved January 2, 201

U.S. Route 69 in Oklahoma, U.S. Route 69 passes through Chockie.

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