Towns - Pushmataha Co. Okla.

PUSHMATAHA County in southeast
Oklahoma. created at statehood and named for Pushmataha District one of three Districts in the Choctaw Nation, which was named for Chief Pushmataha, a renowned Choctaw leader and a friend of Andrew Jackson, who fought with the United States in the war of 1812. He died in Washington in1824.

Abbott 11 Mi. N. of Antlers post office from 3 Mar 1897 - 11 Jul 1899	Dexter present day Clayton post office established 31 Mar 1894 name changed 5 Apr 1907 named for resident Dexter Chapman	KAIMICHI - 6 mi. E of Tuskahoma Posto office from 27 Sep 1887 - 14 Sep 1962 named for nearby Kiamichi River	Rock Creek
Adel 12 Mi. W. of Clayton post office from 3 Jun 1907 - 14 Nov 1954	Divide	Kosoma 9 mi. N of Antlers Post office from 28 Nov 1888 - 31 Oct 1954 name is a Choctaw word meaning "Stink" selected because of the smell of a nearby swamp.	RODNEY - 5 mi N of Antlers Post office from 30 Jun 1890 - 05 Jul 1899 Named for resident Rodney Moyer
Albion 13 Mi E. of Tuskahoma post office established 6 Dec 1887 named by, englishman, John T. Bailey Albion is the Roman name for England	Dunbar 17 Mi. N. of Antlers post office from 5 May 1925 - 15 Jan 1956	Little Cedar Lost Mountain	Sardis 6 mi. NW of Clayton Post office Est. 20 Feb 1905 Named for nearby Sardis Indian Mission Church
Antlers County seat of Pushmataha county Record town for recording district No. 24, Indian territory post office established 26 Aug 1887 probably named for deer antlers nailed up at a nearby spring to indicate a camping spot.	Ethel 6 Mi. E of Antlers post office from 22 Apr 1901 - 15 Aug 1933 named for resident Ethel Labors	Ludlow	SNOW - 18 mi. NE of Antlers Post office Est. 21 Jul 1930 Named for local merchant George Snow
Belzoni 10 Mi. SE of Antlers post office from 20 Oct 1905 - 31 Oct 1954 named for G. B Belzoni, Italian explorer & archaeologist	Eubanks 13 Mi N. of Antlers post office from 26 Feb 1907 - 30 Apr1934 named for lumberman William Eubanks	LYCEUM - 2 mi. W of Tuscahoma Post office from 23 Mar 1896 - 30 Jul 1900 name chosen because post office was at the Choctaw Female Academy	SOBOL - SE Post office Est. 21 Jan 1911 Named for Fort Towsen merchant Harry Sobol
Big Cedar	Fewell 18 Mi SE. of Clayton post office from 4 Nov 1913 - 15 Oct 1943 named for first postmaster Ben F. Fewell	MILLER - 10 mi. NW of Antlers Post office from 22 Jun 1905 - 31 Oct 1954 named for, Antlers rancher, Dr. J. H. Miller	STANLEY - 8 mi. SE of Clayton Post office from 20 Aug 1906 - 05 - Nov 1965 Named for member of the Daws commission William E. Stanley
Bugtussel	Finley Memories of Finley 10 Mi NE. of Antlers post office estblished 30 pr 1903 named for merchant and first postmaster, Sidney W. Finley	MOYERS - 6 mi N of Antlers Post office Est. 27 Nov 1908 Named for local resident Roy A. Moyer	Sugar Loaf Sulphur Springs
Clayton formerly Dexter post office name changed to Clayton 5 Apr 1907 named comes from Clayton, MO	Fort Thompson	NASHOBA 11 mi. NE of Tuskahoma Post office Est. 13 Sep 1886 Named for Nashoba County, Choctaw Nation	Ten Mile Station
Cloudy 12 Mi NE of Rattan post office established 21 Oct 1911 name comes from Cloudy Creek, a tributary of Little River	Gee 11 Mi. SE. of Clayton post office from 22 May 1909 - 30 Nov 1911 named for first postmaster Henry V. Gee	Nelson	Tuskahoma 4 mi. E of Clayton Last capitol of the Choctaw Nation Post office Est. 27 Feb 1884 original spelling until 28 Oct 1891 was Tushka Homma. and untill 10 Dec 1910 was Tushkahomma name is a Choctaw word that means Red Warrior
Cohn railroad switch and loading point 9 Mi S. of Talihina named for quarry operator William Cohn	Greenwood	New Hope	Wadena
Corinne 19 Mi. E. of Antlers post office from 24 Aug - 30 Sep 1958 named for local resident Corinne LeSeur	Jack Creek	NOLIA 5 mi. E of Nashoba Post office from 26 Oct 1912 - 15 Dec 1920 Named for Nolia, wife of first postmaster Ben F. Johnson	White Church
Council House 2 Mi. N. of Tuskahoma site of the Choctaw National Council House, site still maintained by the Choctaw Nation post office from 6 Feb 1872 - 30 Jun 1880	Johns 6 mi. N of Antlers Post office from 28 Sep 1912 - 15 May 1915 named for nearby Johns Valley which had been named for Choctaw allottee Henry A Johns	OLETA 15 mi. E of Antlers Post office Est. 10 Oct 1935 Named for Oleta, wife of first postmaster, Alvin J. Morris	WILSON - 12 mi N of Antlers Post office from 15 Oct 1908 - 15 Aug 1910 named for first postmaster Benjamin D. Wilson
Crum Creek 14 Mi. SW of Tuskahoma post office from 9 Feb 1916 - 30 Jul 1927 name from Crumb Creek a branch of the Kiamichi River	Johns Valley	Pickens	ZORAYA - 5 mi NW of Kosoma Post office from 22 Apr 1905 - 31 Oct 1904
Darwin 9 Mi W. of Antlers post office from 31 Jul 1905 - 14 Mar 1955	Jumbo 10 mi. N of Miller Post office Est. 08 Nov 1906 named for Jumbo Asphalt Co. Jumbo Mine Explosion part 1 part 2	RATTAN - Post offic Est. 12 Dec 1912 Named for Rattan, Texas
Dela 6 Mi. SE. of Antlers post office from 12 May 1920 - 31 Oct 1954 named for schoolteacher Dela M. Whitaker	Hall	Red Hill
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	Pushmataha County County Seat - Antlers
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