Pontotoc, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 34°29′19″N 96°37′30″W / 34.48861°N 96.62500°W / 34.48861; -96.62500
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Pontotoc, Oklahoma
Pontotoc is located in Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Pontotoc
Pontotoc is located in the United States
Pontotoc
Pontotoc
Coordinates: 34°29′19″N 96°37′30″W / 34.48861°N 96.62500°W / 34.48861; -96.62500
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyJohnston
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1096827

Pontotoc is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] A post office was established in Pontotoc in 1858.[2] The town was named after Pontotoc County, which was one of the divisions of Chickasaw Nation.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pontotoc, Oklahoma
  2. ^ a b Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.169-70.