Choctaw County, Mississippi

Choctaw County
County
French Camp. Historic Mississippi cabin.
Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi
Mississippi's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°21′N 89°15′W / 33.35°N 89.25°W / 33.35; -89.25
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Founded	1833
Named for	Choctaw people
Seat	Ackerman
Largest town	Ackerman
Area
• Total	420 sq mi (1,100 km2)
• Land	418 sq mi (1,080 km2)
• Water	1.7 sq mi (4 km2)  0.4%
Population  (2020)
• Total	8,246
• Density	20/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	choctawcountyms.com

Choctaw County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,246.^[1] Its northern border is the Big Black River, which flows southwest into the Mississippi River south of Vicksburg. The county seat is Ackerman.^[2]

The county is named after the Choctaw tribe of Native Americans. They had long occupied this territory as their homeland before European exploration. Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830, they were forced by the United States to cede their lands and to move west of the Mississippi River to what became Indian Territory (today's state of Oklahoma).