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Okmulgee County Place
Names
The following are towns, both presently
populated as well as those no longer in existence.
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Name |
Comments |
Location |
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Post office from 1896 to 1908.
Named for a prominent nearby land feature. |
7 miles N of Morris | |
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Post office from 1900 to present.
Named for C. H. Beggs of St. Louis, vice president of the
Frisco Railroad.
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10 miles NW of
Okmulgee | |
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Post office from 1905 to
1954. |
5 miles SW of
Henryetta | |
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Post office 1909 to 1941. Named
for the local coal mines. |
4 miles N of
Dewar | |
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Cobb |
Post office from 1905 to 1910.
Named for Eli Cobb, first postmaster. |
Near Morris. |
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Post office from 1909 to present.
Named for William P. Dewar, official of the Missouri, Oklahoma
and Gulf Railroad. |
3 miles E of
Henryetta | |
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Post office from 1913 to 1949.
Named for Dighton Harding, son of M.B. Harding, first
postmaster. Originally known as Bartlett. |
6 miles NE of
Henryetta | |
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Post office from 1913 to 1950.
Name formed from the first letters of the four children of Ed
Oates, local Creek: Eugene, Roderick, Anthony, and
Marie. |
5 miles E of
Morris | |
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Furrs |
Present Henryetta. Post office
from 1899; name changed in 1900. Named for Albert C. Furr,
longtime local resident. |
Present-day
Henryetta |
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Gaither |
Post office 1909 to 1914. Named
for W.J. Gaither, local resident. |
Central Okmulgee
County |
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Previously known as 'Wild Cat' or
'Wildcat'. Post office name changed from Wild Cat to Grayson
1902 until 1929. Named for George W. Grayson, Creek tribal
leader. One of 25 all-black towns in Indian
Territory. |
11 miles SE of
Okmulgee | |
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Hamilton Switch |
Local name for
Preston. |
7 miles north of
Okmulgee |
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Hance |
Post office from 1909. Name
changed to Nuyaka in 1912. Named for John D. Hance, local
merchant. |
10 miles west of
Okmulgee |
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Hector |
Post office from 1909 to 1910. No
longer in existence. Named for James Hector, first
postmaster. |
12 miles east of
Haskell |
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Also known as
'Hector' |
12 miles east of
Haskell | |
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Formerly known as Furrs - name
changed in 1900. Named for Henry G. Beard and his wife Etta
Ray Beard. |
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Hoardsville |
Formerly known as Senora. Post
office name changed to Hoardsville 1909, closed 1917. Named
for John H. Hoard, first postmaster. |
3 miles south of
Dewar |
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Oklahoma historian George H. Shirk asserts that the town was
named for Oklahoma City attorney Roy V. Hoffman. The
community lies one mile south of U.S. Highway 266 on County
Roads E1050/N4030. A post office was established on December 18, 1905 |
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Jeness |
Post office 1910 to 1912. No
longer in existence. Named for J. E. Jeness, merchant and
prominent early resident. |
8 miles southwest of
Okmulgee |
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Post office from 1916 to 1936.
Name derived from Coosa, a Creek town in
Alabama. |
2 miles northeast of
Dewar | |
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Post office established 1903.
Named for H.E. Morris a railroad official from Joplin,
MO. |
Central Okmulgee
County | |
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Post office from 1905 to 1910.
Name is Latin for nature. |
9 miles east of
Beggs | |
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Also known as 'Nuyaka Mission' and
formerly known as 'Hance'. Site of Nuyaka Mission, established
1882 by Alice Robertson. Post office name changed to Nuyaka
1912 to 1954 (discontinued). Name is a Creek corruption for
"New Yorker Town", a Creek town in Alabama. |
9 miles west of
Okmulgee | |
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County seat of Okmulgee County and
was the Record Town for Recording District No. 9, Indian
Territory. Also the capital of the Creek Nation. Post office
established in 1869. Until 1883, the official spelling for the
post office was "Okmulkee". The name comes from a creek town
in Russell County, AL, and is a Creek word oki mulgi, meaning
'boiling waters'. |
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Orcutt |
Post office 1894 to 1898. Named
for A.D. Orcutt, prominent local rancher. |
5 miles north of
Beggs |
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First known locally as Hamilton
Switch. Post office established 1909. Named for Harry Preston,
Okmulgee oil operator. |
7 miles north of
Okmulgee | |
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Post office established 1903.
Named for Matt Schulter, St. Louis judge. |
6 miles north of
Henryetta | |
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Senora |
Previous name for Hoardsville.
Post office established in 1896 until name change in 1909.
Named for Senora Likowski, mother of Frank Likowski, first
postmaster. |
3 miles south of
Dewar |
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Sharp |
Post office 1903 to 1915. Named
for Joseph W. Sharp, first postmaster. |
5 miles southwest of
Okmulgee |
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Tiger |
Post office 1890 to 1891. Named
for Moty Tiger, Creek Chief. |
6 miles northwest of
Okmulgee |
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Tolan |
Post office 1917 to 1926. Named
for Oscar Tolan, first postmaster. |
3 miles northwest of
Nuyaka |
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Wildcat |
Also known as Wild Cat and later
as Grayson. Post office from 1897 until name change in 1902.
One of 25 all-black towns in Indian Territory. |
11 miles southwest of
Okmulgee |
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Yarrow |
Post office 1898 to 1900. Named
for Yarrow, County Selkirk, Scotland. |
5 miles northeast of
Beggs
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Note: all comments, unless otherwise noted are excerpted from Oklahoma Place Names by George Shirk, 1974 edition.
Last updated on
07/13/15
County Coordinator
Linda Simpson
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