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Bogue Chitto is a census-designated place (CDP) situated in Kemper and Neshoba counties, Mississippi. The population was 864 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Reservation and the population is 93% Choctaw.
Bogue Chitto is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 437. [2] Bogue Chitto is the only municipal hamlet in the state of Mississippi. [3]
29 lis 2023 · The original core of Choctaw country was at the headwaters of Pearl River in central Mississippi, east of present-day Jackson. A few miles north of the town of Bogue Chitto (Choctaw for big river) lies an ancient mound called Nanih Waiya (Nané chaha in Bushnell’s account above). This mound figures into the Choctaw’s origin myths, either as ...
Bogue Chitto, about ten miles south of Brookhaven on the. Illinois Central railroad is situated on the Bogue Chitto River. It is one of the oldest towns along the road, having been in existence ever since the railroad was built. Owing to various causes, the growth of this town has been very slow.
Many towns, creeks and rivers are mispronunciations of Choctaw words that have led to current spellings far from its original Choctaw roots. Others are clearly Choctaw words that were changed to its phonic spelling, such as Bogue Chitto, taken from bók, meaning “creek,” and chito, meaning “big.”
Bogue Chitto is a rural village, located some 67 miles (108 km) south of Jackson, Mississippi, on Highway 51. It was settled before the coming of the New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad. The first train came through Bogue Chitto, from New Orleans to Brookhaven, in 1856.
10 sie 2014 · While a community seems to have existed called Bogue Chitto prior to the coming of the railroad and sawmill, the current town with its grid of streets along the railroad likely dates from 1879, the date on the United Methodist Church’s sign.
