Choctaw, Arkansas


Choctaw is an unincorporated community in Van Buren [County, Arkansas|Van Buren County], Arkansas, United States. Choctaw is located at the junction of U.S. Route 65, Arkansas Highway 9, and Arkansas Highway 330, south-southeast of downtown Clinton. Choctaw has a post office with ZIP code 72028.
There was a previous location of the community, called "Old Choctaw" and people moved to a new area, "New Choctaw," after the former area was filled with water in the 1960s.

Education

In 1952 "Old Choctaw" was in the Clinton [School District (Arkansas)|Clinton School District].
As of 2020, "New Choctaw" was in the Clinton School District. Clinton [High School (Arkansas)|Clinton High School] is the zoned comprehensive high school of that district.

Notable people