Choctaw Country
Kiamichi Country is a region in southeast Oklahoma south of the Arkansas River. This is the hill and pine woods region of Oklahoma and is also known as Little Dixie.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hugo and McAlester.
Hugo
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Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately 9 miles north of the Texas state line.
McAlester
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McAlester is a city in and the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, McAlester had a population of 18,171. The town gets its name from James Jackson McAlester, an early settler and businessman who later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma.
Idabel
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Idabel is in the Choctaw Country of Oklahoma, the county seat of McCurtain County and located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Wilburton and Poteau.
Wilburton
Wilburton is in the Choctaw Country of Oklahoma and home of Robbers Cave State Park and Eastern Oklahoma State College.Poteau
Poteau is a town in the Choctaw Country of Oklahoma and near Cavanal Hill, also known as "The World's Highest Hill". Poteau was selected as one of "The 100 Best Small Towns in America" in Norman Crapton's book by the same title.
Antlers
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Antlers is a city in and the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,221 as of the 2020 United States census. The town was named for a kind of tree that becomes festooned with antlers shed by deer, and is taken as a sign of the location of a spring frequented by deer.
Heavener
Heavener is in the Choctaw Country of Oklahoma and near Poteau Mountain and the Runestone State Park.Broken Bow
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Broken Bow is a small town in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. It is the gateway to Broken Bow Lake, Beavers Bend Resort Park, and Hochatown, in the Kiamichi Country tourism region of Oklahoma.
Spiro
Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spiro had a population of 2,102. Developed as a railroad station in an agricultural area in the late 19th century, the small town is notable for its proximity to the Spiro…Wister
Wister is in the Choctaw Country of Oklahoma and near Wister Lake. The 2000 census population was 1,002.Talihina
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Talihina is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States. Located on the Choctaw Reservation, its name originates from two Choctaw words, tully and hena, meaning "iron road," a reference to the railroad around which the town was built.
Bokoshe
Bokoshe is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. Bokoshe is a Choctaw word meaning "little creek". The population was 396 at the 2020 census, a 22.3% decrease over the figure of 510 recorded in 2010.Pocola
Pocola is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pocola had a population of 4,255. Pocola is a Choctaw word meaning "ten", the approximate distance in miles from Fort Smith, Arkansas.Muse
Muse is an unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. Muse is located along Oklahoma State Highway 63, 17 miles southeast of Talihina.Choctaw Country
- Type: official tourism region of Oklahoma
- Description: official tourism region of Oklahoma
- Also known as: “Kiamichi Country”, “Southeast Oklahoma”, and “Southeastern Oklahoma”
- Neighbors: Chickasaw Country, Frontier Country, and Green Country
- Category: region
- Location: Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
34.5° or 34° 30′ northLongitude of center
-95° or 95° westWikidata ID
Q3196301
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Choctaw Country” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kiamichi Country”
- French: “Kiamichi Country”
- French: “Little Dixie (Oklahoma)”
- Japanese: “チョクトー・カントリー”
- Slovenian: “Jugovzhodna Oklahoma”
- Slovenian: “Kiamichi Country”
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