Choctaw County AlArchives History .....Choctaw County 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 13, 2011, 8:13 pm II. CHOCTAW COUNTY. Population: White, 7,390; colored, 8,341. Area, 930 square miles; oak and hickory and long leaf pine uplands, 830 square miles; pine hills, 100 square miles. Acres—In cotton 31,086: in corn, 25,613; in oats, 3,338; in rice, 38: in sugar-cane, 101; in tobacco, 23; in sweet potatoes, 748. Approximate number of bales of cotton, 10,000. County Seat—Butler: population, 300; forty miles east of Meridian, Miss., near the Tombigbee River. Newspaper published at County Seat—The Choctaw Herald (Democratic). Postoffices in the County—Aquilla, Ararat, Bergamot, Bevill's Store, Bladen Springs, Butler, De Sotoville, Fail, Isney, Lenora, Lusk, Melvin, Mount Sterling, Naheola, Pushmataha, Rescueville, Silas, Souwilpa, Tompkinsville, Tuscahoma, Womack Hill, Yantley Creek. The county was organized December 29, 1847, from territory originally belonging to Washington and Sumter Counties. It is in the western portion of the State, and bounded, north by Sumter, south by Washington, east by Marengo and Clarke, and west by Mississippi. The lands are rolling and flat. The ridges and pine lands are sandy, but the river and creek "bottoms" are all alluvial. The pine forests are extensive, and can be and are being made a source of great wealth. Grazing for cattle is in great abundance and first-class in the outlying lands. The inhabitants are honest, industrious, brave and patriotic, and gladly welcome all good people who may come to make their home with them. There are numerous churches and school-houses scattered throughout the county easy of access. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. COTTON BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/choctaw/history/other/choctawc389gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb