Solgohachia 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
Conway County, Arkansas
Conway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 11th county on October 20, 1825, Conway County has four incorporated municipalities, including Morrilton, the county seat and most populous city. The county ...
, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) north of
Morrilton on
Arkansas Highway 9 and
Arkansas Highway 287. The ZIP Code for Solgohachia is 72156. The name is from the
Choctaw
The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...
word ''Sok-ko-huch-cha'', meaning "
muscadine
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river
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".
[
Even though it 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 ...
, Shannon Oakley was appointed "Mayor" of Solgohachia.[Horatio Bardwell Cushman. (1899). ''History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians''. Greenville, Texas: Headlight Printing House.]
Nearby Solgohachia Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on May 26, 2004. Unfortunately the old steel span bridge no longer exists. The creek it spanned is East Fork Point Remove Creek.
Education
It is in the South Conway County School District.[ - See Solgohachia and Springfield on the map.] It operates Morrilton High School.
References
Further reading
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Unincorporated communities in Conway County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas
Arkansas placenames of Native American origin
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