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The present site of Chickasaw was, in the early 20th century before the city now standing was incorporated, a company town, wholly owned by companies such as the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation.

It was the subject of a Supreme Court of the United States decision ( Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U. S. 501 ( 1946 )), which stated that despite being a privately owned town, because it functioned as a town open to the public, the right conferred by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution cannot be abridged.