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
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,392. Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundred ...
, United States. It is located at the intersections of Highways 8 and 47, southeast of
Houston, Mississippi
Houston is a city in and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Chickasaw County, in northern Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,623 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
Native Americans in the ...
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History
Trebloc is named after a historic
Chickasaw
The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classif ...
- Scots family located in the area named "Colbert", who used letters in their name to create the town name "Trebloc" (an
ananym
An anadrome is a word whose spelling is derived by reversing the spelling of another word. It is therefore a special type of anagram. There is a long history of names being coined as ananyms of existing words or names for entities related to th ...
).
A small United States post office is located at Trebloc, as is the historic house of a doctor. Trebloc post office was established June 23, 1894, with Joseph M. Colbert as first postmaster.Gallagher, John S. and Patera, Alan H. (1996) ''Mississippi Post Offices'', p. 28. Lake Grove, Oregon: The Depot,
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List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms
These are geographic anagrams and anadromes. Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word. Anadrome
An anadrome is a word whose spelling is derived by reversing the spelling of another word. It is therefore a special type ...