New Houlka

History

This area was a well-established center of Chickasaw culture by the 1500s. Settlers arrived in the late 1700s and established a Chickasaw Agency House at Houlka for trading with the natives. In 1805, Silas Dinsmoor hosted a ball at the Agency House. Attending were future U.S. Representative John McKee and former U.S. Vice-President Aaron Burr. A post office was established in 1826. Houlka was incorporated in 1884. The Legislature also prohibited sales of "intoxicating liquors" within of the school. During the mid to late 20th century, railroads restructured and closed many lines, even for freight, because of competition from trucking. In 2004, the railway running through New Houlka, by then owned by the Mississippi Tennessee Railroad, was abandoned between New Albany and Houston, a distance of . Under the federal 'Rails to Trails' program overseen by the ICC, the track was removed and a rail trail called the "Tanglefoot Trail" was built on the right-of-way, creating a new recreational and public health resource. Due to the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma joining the SEC in 2021, the geographic center of the conference relocated to just 4 miles northwest of Houlka.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2), all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• HOULKA ATTENDANCE CENTER
  Other · HOULKA · 490 students · 11.7:1 ratio
• HOUSTON LOWER ELEMENTARY
  Elementary · Houston · 485 students · 11.5:1 ratio
• HOUSTON UPPER ELEMENTARY
  Elementary · Houston · 338 students · 12.1:1 ratio