Ridgeland in Madison County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Choctaw Agency

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

1. Choctaw Agency Marker

Inscription. U.S. agents like Silas Dinsmoor lived among the Choctaw and represented their interests while implementing U.S. policy. His duties included surveying and preventing illegal settlement on Choctaw land. He also encouraged the Choctaw to be more dependent on modern farming practices. He was tasked to collect tribal debts owed to American companies and insure that the Choctaw were paid for land ceded to the U.S. The agency moved four times to stay within the shrinking boundaries of the Choctaw Nation. It was located here, along the Natchez Trace, from 1807 until just after the Treaty of Doak’s Stand in 1820.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Natchez Trace series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1807.

Location. 32° 25.828′ N, 90° 9.199′ W. Marker is in Ridgeland, Mississippi, in Madison County. It can be reached from Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 100.7), half a mile west of Interstate 55, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ridgeland MS 39157, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Greenwood Plantation (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Old Agency Road (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Old Agency Road (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named The Choctaw Agency (approx. ¼ mile away); Clifton/Ash Plantation (approx. 0.7 miles away); Historic Churches (approx. one mile away); Wesley Chapel Methodist Church (approx. one mile away); The Pecan – Our City Tree (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ridgeland.

Also see . . .
1. Natchez Trace Parkway. Official National Park Service website. (Submitted on August 18, 2015.)

2. Silas Dinsmoor - Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on August 18, 2015.)

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

2. Choctaw Agency Marker

Natchez Trace Parkway in background

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

3. Choctaw Agency Marker

Natchez Trace Parkway in background

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 770 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 18, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.