Oka Kapassa

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · MISSISSIPPI

A historical populated place in Newton County, Mississippi, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Oka Kapassa
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Mississippi
County: Newton County
USGS Map: Union West
Coordinates: 32.5293059, -89.1500593
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GNIS Feature ID: 710466

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Choctaw Indian village at site where Pinkney Mill was later located.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 710466. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Baily, Francis. Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.