Chunky, MS: Chunky was named for a Choctaw Indian Village called Chanki Chitto. The name comes from an old Native-American game of Chunka, a corruption of the word Tuchungkee, which was a ball game played with Chunka Stones. An area nearby called Chunky Shoals on the Chunky River was where the games were believed to be played. Chunky was the southernmost town of the Choctaws which was visited by Tecumseh in 1811. The original white settlement of Chunky was called Chunkyville, and was adjacent to the Native-American settlement of Chunky Chitto. Chunkyville was established as a post office in 1848 with John G. Gallaspy serving as postmaster. In 1861, the A & V (Alabama and Vicksburg) Railroad was constructed two miles north of Chunkyville, and a depot built there was named Chunky. Chunkyville became extinct in 1868, when the post office was discontinued and the place was absorbed into the railroad town of Chunky in Newton County.