Historical Marker Program

Hochatown, Oklahoma

McCurtain County
Location: on US-259 at Hochatown Union Church and Cemetery
Coordinates: 34.153660, -94.751880
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Bob Burke
Topics: American Indians; Industrial Period, 1941–1982; Pre-European Contact, before 1541 AD; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Westward Expansion, 1803–1861

Prehistoric hunters left spear points along the Mountain Fork River at Hochatown around 6000 B.C. Caddo Indians occupied the area from 1000 to 1791 A.D. The town was named for a Choctaw Indian, Hocha, who arrived on the Trail of Tears in 1833. White settlers moved into the area in 1900. The original Hochatown was inundated by waters from Broken Bow Lake.