Nashoba is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Pushmataha County,
Oklahoma, United States, 11 miles southeast of
Tuskahoma.
A
United States Post Office
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the ...
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
The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, is part of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is separate but closely related language to Choctaw.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahom ...
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
Oklahoma statehood on November 16, 1907 and incorporated into
McCurtain County
McCurtain County is in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,151. Its county seat is Idabel. It was formed at statehood from part of the earlier Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory ...
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
Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the Cervidae (deer) family. Antlers are a single structure composed of bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue, skin, nerves, and blood vessels. They are generally found only on males ...
on the south.
Oklahoma State Highway 144
State Highway 144 (abbreviated SH-144) is a state highway in the Little Dixie region of Oklahoma. It runs in Pushmataha and Le Flore Counties. It does not have any lettered spur routes.
Route description
SH-144 begins at US-271, nine miles ...
connects Nashoba with
Honobia and the mountain communities to its east.
More information on Nashoba and the
Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
Australia Streams New South Wales
*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
valley may be found in the
Pushmataha County Historical Society
The Pushmataha County Historical Society is a historical society devoted to collecting and preserving the history of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It is headquartered in the historic Frisco Depot in Antlers, Oklahoma, which it operates as a public ...
.
Demographics
Utilities
Telephone and Internet is provided by Hilliary Communications.
References
External links
Nashoba visitors' guide
Unincorporated communities in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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