Choctaw is approximately south of
Shaw and approximately east of
Stringtown, served by
Mississippi Highway 450. It is named for the
Choctaw, one of the
Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, who were indigenous to this area at the time of European settlement. Most of the Choctaw were forced to
remove to
Indian Territory west of the
Mississippi River in the 1830s. The federally recognized
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is made up of descendants of those who remained in the territory and later state. A post office operated under the name Choctaw from 1895 to 1920. ==See also==