Pontotoc, Oklahoma

For the Oklahoma county, see Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. For other uses, see Pontotoc (disambiguation).

Pontotoc
Unincorporated community
Pontotoc Show map of Oklahoma Pontotoc Show map of the US Location within the state of Oklahoma
Coordinates: 34°29′19″N 96°37′30″W / 34.48861°N 96.62500°W / 34.48861; -96.62500Coordinates: 34°29′19″N 96°37′30″W / 34.48861°N 96.62500°W / 34.48861; -96.62500
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Johnston
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	1096827

Pontotoc is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, Oklahoma.^[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

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

Municipalities and communities of Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States

County seat: Tishomingo

City	Tishomingo

Towns	Bromide‡ Mannsville Milburn Mill Creek Ravia Wapanucka

CDP	Bee

Unincorporated communities	Bromide Junction Coleman Connerville Earl Emet Fillmore Folsom Nida Pontotoc Reagan Russett Troy

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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