Choctaw Drive-In
3387 S. Mississippi Avenue,
Atoka,
OK
74525
3387 S. Mississippi Avenue,
Atoka,
OK
74525
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A slightly closer address is 3387 S Mississippi Ave, Atoka, OK.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this one places it right on top of the Kenco Mfg building which is right in the middle of where the drive-in once stood.
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This appears to be closed in the 1970s. A 1981 aerial shows the theater demolished and replaced by a storage facility that was now known as Kenco Mfg.
The new Choctaw Drive-In launched September 23, 1951 with Jimmy Cagney in “White Heat.”
The address provided by jwmovies is too far south as seen on Google Maps.
A more accurate address is S Mississippi Ave & Shady Ln, Atoka, OK 74525. Kenco is on the NW side of the intersection.
The problem is that the address listed for Kenco is not properly recognized by Google Maps. As is often the case with addresses well outside a city or town, crossroads tend to be far more accurate on Google Maps if the site is near such an intersection.
A more accurate address for this theater is 2695 South Mississippi Atoka, OK, 74525. This is the address for Kenco and points directly to the drive in.
Please update.
Yes
Is that a native American tribe?
It is in the Choctaw territory, so that’s probably why.
Why was it called Choctaw?
A closer address is HWY 75 and Shady Lane, Atoka, OK. Today, Kenco MFG sits on the property with no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/kb96ygw
200 cars as mentioned above,owned by G.O. Thompson in the late Fifties..
Aerial View