Enid in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Chickasaw - Choctaw Line

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 23, 2021

1. Chickasaw - Choctaw Line Marker

Inscription. Boundary between lands of Choctaws. last of last of which were ceded to US, in Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830, and remaining lands of Chickasaws ceded by Treaty of Pontotoc in 1832.

Erected 1952 by Mississippi Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.

Location. 34° 8.131′ N, 89° 54.967′ W. Marker is in Enid, Mississippi, in Tallahatchie County. It is on U.S. 51 0.2 miles north of Choctaw Ridge Road (County Road 204), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6328 US-51, Enid MS 38927, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the

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territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Oakland (approx. 5½ miles away); Dunbar Rowland (approx. 5½ miles away); Governor Cliff Finch (approx. 7.8 miles away); Batesville Magnolia Cemetery (approx. 12 miles away); Bates House (approx. 12.1 miles away); Batesville (approx. 12.7 miles away); St. Stephens Episcopal Church (approx. 12.8 miles away); Dr. King Visits Batesville (approx. 13.3 miles away).

Regarding Chickasaw - Choctaw Line. In 1816, General Andrew Jackson ordered the surveying of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Line. The line as surveyed cut almost a perfect diagonal across the area of the present day Yalobusha County. In 1830, the Choctaws ceded their Mississippi lands to the United States in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Two years later, the Chickasaw signed the Treaty of Pontotoc, ceding their lands to the United States. Both tribes moved west to new lands in present-day Oklahoma. Source: Wikipedia

Chickasaw - Choctaw Line Marker looking south. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 23, 2021

2. Chickasaw - Choctaw Line Marker looking south.

Chickasaw - Choctaw Line Marker looking north. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 23, 2021

3. Chickasaw - Choctaw Line Marker looking north.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,142 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 25, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.