Okolona
Designated Community since 2000
Okolona Main Street Chamber
LaSonja Ivy, Director
Contact Information
P.O. Box 446
Okolona, MS 38860
Phone 1: 662.447.5913
Fax: 662.447.0254
Mission Statement
The mission of the Okolona Area Chamber of Commerce/Main Street is to provide a better quality of life for our citizens through promoting economic growth and community service and restoring community pride.
About Okolona
Okolona was named as Rose Hill in 1845 early in its settlement, but residents later discovered that another location had this name. When a US post office was established here in 1850, a new name was needed to avoid confusion in mail delivery. According to the Okolona Area Chamber of Commerce, Colonel Josiah N. Walton, postmaster of nearby Aberdeen, remembered an encounter with a Chickasaw warrior years earlier. The man's name was Oka-laua, meaning peaceful, yellow, or blue water. Walton renamed Rose Hill as Okolona in his honor.
