Hitchita, OK

Hitchita is a town in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 60 residents. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture says that the town was named for a band of Muskhogean Indians that had been absorbed into the Creek tribe. Hitchita is located in northwestern McIntosh County, in the vicinity of the area known as the High Spring Mountains. In Hitchita, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Hitchita, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Hitchita is less than a mile north of U.S. Route 266, which leads east-southeast 14 miles to Checotah and west 6 miles to Grayson.