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New Houlka is a town in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The original settlement, now referred to as "Old Houlka", is located west of New Houlka. Established prior to 1794, Old Houlka is the oldest surviving non-Native settlement in north Mississippi. The population of New Houlka was 626 at the 2010 census. ==History== The location was a well-establish center of Chickasaw culture by the 1500s. Non-Native settlers arrived in the 1700s and established a Chickasaw Agency House at Houlka for trading with the Natives.〔 Agency representatives called the settlement "Holkey" in their earliest correspondence, which date from 1794.〔 Houlka was located at the crossroads of the Natchez Trace and the Gaines Trace. In 1805, Silas Dinsmoor hosted a ball at the Agency House. In attendance were future U.S. Representative John McKee and former U.S. Vice-President Aaron Burr. A post office was established in 1826.〔 During the Civil War, Confederate forces led by General Samuel J. Gholson clashed with Federal troops at a swamp-crossing near Houlka. Houlka was incorporated in 1884.〔 Houlka High School was founded in 1890 "to establish a permanent and high grade institution for the education of white students of both sexes". The selling of "intoxicating liquors" within of the school was prohibited.〔 In 1904, the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad built a line from New Albany to Pontotoc, passing east of Houlka. Soon after, residents began moving to "New Houlka", located near the railway line. Buildings were rolled on logs from Old Houlka to New Houlka, pulled by teams of oxen. By 1906, New Houlka had a bank, three churches, a saw mill, an academy, a plow factory, and a population of about 500. The town was incorporated that same year.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Rails-to-Trails Recreational District )〕 In 2004, the railway running through New Houlka, now owned by the Mississippi Tennessee Railroad, was abandoned between New Albany and Houston, a distance of . The track was removed and a recreational rail trail called the "Tanglefoot Trail" was built on the right-of-way. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Houlka, Mississippi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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