Nashoba, Oklahoma
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Nashoba is an
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in Pushmataha County,
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, United States, 11 miles southeast of Tuskahoma. A
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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
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for “wolf”, and the county was often referred to as Wolf County. Portions of the Nashoba area were formerly in Nashoba County, Choctaw Nation.Morris, John W. ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38. Nashoba County was disestablished upon
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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
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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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Unincorporated communities in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub