Chulahoma is a name derived from the Chickasaw language meaning "red fox".[2] The name was originally used in the name of a Chickasaw town.[3] Chulahoma is located on Cuffawa Creek.[4] Chulahoma was located on the Old Memphis Road and was almost chosen as the county seat of Marshall County, but lost the vote to Holly Springs.[5]
In 1839, the Chulahoma College and Chulahoma Female Academy were incorporated by the state of Mississippi.[6] Chulahoma was also the home of the Cold Water Baptist Female Seminary.[7]
Chulahoma was incorporated on February 11, 1846 and disincorporated at a later date.[8]
By 1900, Chulahoma had a population of 37 and three churches.[4]
A post office operated under the name Chulahoma from 1838 to 1911.[9]
Chulahoma was once home to the George Washington Chapter, Lodge 51, of the Royal Arch Masons.[10]
During the Civil War, Company I of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment enlisted at Chulahoma on May 25, 1861.[11] Captain Richard P. Bowen commanded a company of cavalry during the Civil War that was known as the "Chulahoma Cavalry."[12] On November 30, 1862, Chulahoma was the site of a skirmish that was part of the Union Army's Mississippi Central Railroad Campaign.[13]
Junior Kimbrough, Blues singer and guitarist, operated a juke joint in Chulahoma[15] from c. 1992; following his death, Kimbrough's sons, musicians Kinney and David Malone Kimbrough, kept it open until it burned to the ground on April 6, 2000.
