Editing Chunky, Mississippi (section)

==Education==
The Town of Chunky is served by the [[Newton County School District]].<ref name=Censusschoolmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28101_newton/DC20SD_C28101.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719145239/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28101_newton/DC20SD_C28101.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Newton County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 6, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28101_newton/DC20SD_C28101_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Some of the households within the 39323 postal district, which are not in the town limits, are in the West Lauderdale school district, part of the [[Lauderdale County School District (Mississippi)|Lauderdale County School District]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}<!--Proof is needed that they have Chunky addresses-->

===Railroads===
The [[Kansas City Southern Railroad]] goes through Chunky. Approximately 25 freight trains per day travel through the town. On each side of Chunky, there are {{convert|9000|ft|m|adj=on}} sidings at Meehan Junction to the east, and Hickory to the west. The railroad crosses the Chunky River in two places just east of town, and between these two trestles is a very popular photography spot for train buffs to take photos of the trains as they cross the river. The railroad crosses the Chunky River west of town on a much smaller trestle, known locally as "break down". It was on this site that the trestle collapsed under a troop-carrying train of [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] soldiers during the [[American Civil War]]; the wreck is called the [[Chunky Creek Train Wreck of 1863]]. A Confederate regiment of Choctaw Indians camping nearby saved many lives of soldiers who had been thrown into the raging flood swollen river.<ref name="right of way" />