Major County Place Names

In the table below:

"PO from" is the date the Post Office was established or date name was changed.
"PO to" is the date the Post Office was discontinued or had a name change. In some cases, the post office was moved to another town or state.
† = historical - the post office is no longer in service or no longer goes by the name listed.
* = NLIE - No longer in existance - the town does not exist, but might still be a populated place.
AKA = Previous/changed names.

Place Names
Name	PO from	PO to	NLIE	AKA	TYPE
Alamo †	13 Mar 1894	02 Apr 1897	*
5 miles north of Fairview, on Cottonwood Creek. Name is from the Spanish word for cottonwood
Almeda †	04 Feb 1895	20 Jan 1903		Bernardi
7 miles SE of Cleo Springs.
Ames	04 Jan 1902			Hoyle	populated place
Named for Henry S. Ames of St. Louis, official of Denver, Enid & Gulf RR.
Bado †	19 Feb 1901	14 Feb 1905		Baddo	populated place
14 miles southwest of Fairview
Barnes †	09 Dec 1897	15 Dec 1908
5 miles NE of Seiling, named for Cassius M. Barnes, 4th governor of OT
Barney †	12 Jun 1902	15 Apr 1925
13 miles SW of Orienta. Name from nearby Barney Creek.
Bernardi †	20 Apr 1896	30 Sep 1901
7 miles southeast of Cleo Springs.
Bernardi	20 Jan 1903	15 Aug 1910		Almeda
See Almeda
Bertrand	15 Aug 1894	31 Nov 1895	*
5 miles north of Ames. Named comes from Bertrand, KS
Bird †
Bostick †	12 Mar 1901	29 Sep 1906	*
15 miles south of Waynoka
Bouse Junction					populated place
Cedar Springs					populated place
Chester	08 Apr 1896				populated place
5 miles north of Seiling. Named for Chester Long US Senator from KS
Cheyenne Valley					populated place
Clarion †	26 May 1902	15 Feb 1908	*
6 miles west of Orienta.
Cleo †	07 Dec 1894	03 May 1917		Cleo Springs
In north-central Major County. Name from near by Cleo Springs
Cleo Springs †	21 Mar 1894			Cleo	populated place
Named for Cle-oh-i-to-mo an Indian maid
Concord †	10 Apr 1894	29 Feb 1904	*
5 miles west of Drummond.
Crystal Lakes					populated place
Dane †	03 Aug 1895	31 Jul 1909	*		populated place
7 miles southwest of Fairview.
Dyche †	08 Nov 1913	31 Oct 1914	*
In extreme northwestern corner of Major Co. Named for William B. Dyche, 1st postmaster
Elmot †	01 Dec 1903	30 Mar 1912	*
About 11 miles west of Orienta.
Estelle †	27 Jun 1901	07 Jan 1908		Hoopville
10 miles northwest of Phroso
Fairbanks †	17 Oct 1904	28 Feb 1921
18 miles west of Fairview. Named for Charels W. Fairbanks, VP of the US.
Fairview	18 Apr 1894			County Seat	populated place
Forrest †
Glass Mountains				Prominent land feature
Buttes are covered with selenite, which resembles bits of glass
Granton †	25 Agu 1898	31 May 1921
11 miles northwest of Fairview
Griever †	10 Apr 1901	30 Nov 1907	*	Griener?
16 miles west of Orienta. Named for nearby Griever Canyon.
Heman	29 Apr 1901	15 Feb 1922
5 miles southwest of Waynoa. Named for F. A. Heman, conductor on Santa Fe RR.
Holt †
Hoopville †	07 Jan 1908	29 Sep 1913		Estelle/Sherman
See Estelle & Sherman
Hoyle †	31 Jan 1894	04 Jan 1902		Ames
Named for nearby Hoyle Creek, tributary of Cimarron River
Isabella	25 Jul 1894				populated place
8 miles SE of Fairview. Name from Belle Isbell, wife of local landowner.
Leslie †
Lindley					populated place
Lynn †	12 Mar 1895	30 Jan 1904	*
3 miles west of Ames
Lyons †	21 Mar 1894	31 Aug 1905	*
4 miles south of Ames.
Media †	17 Jun 1905	28 Feb 1915
15 miles southeast of Quinlan
Meno	19 Oct 1899				populated place
15 miles west of Enid. Named for Menno Simons, early Mennonite leader.
Oneil †	13 Aug 1907	31 Dec 1908
7 miles southeast of Quinlan. PO sames as O'Neil in Woodward Co.
Orienta †	12 Mar 1901				populated place
6 miles north of Fairview. Name from Cansas City, Mexico & Orient RR.
Orion †	16 Apr 1895	30 Jun 1932			populated place
12 miles northeast of Seiling. From Greek mythology, a constellation in the northern sky.
Phroso †	19 Sep 1900	29 May 1937			populated place
8 miles northeast of Chester. Name from Phroso, novel by Anthony Hope.
Piper					populated place
Plymouth †	22 Aug 1894	30 Sep 1905	*
7 miles south of Fairview.
Prudence †	30 Apr 1895	14 Jun 1901	*
4 miles southwest of Ames.
Ringwood	23 Mar 1894				populated place
22 miles west of Enid. Named for three ringed trees.
Roscoe †	17 Apr 1900	15 May 1909	*
5 miles northwest of Fairview.
Rusk †	21 Mar 1894	31 Oct 1912
6 miles east of Fairview.
Sherman †	29 Jan 1913	15 Aug 1949		Hoopville
10 miles NW of Phoso. Named for Joseph Sherman, legislator & local resident.
Tivoli †	02 Jan 1896	15 Jun 1913	*
12 miles NW of Canton. Name from Tivoli Gardens, Copenhage, Denmark
Togo †	23 Jun 1905	15 Feb 1921			populated place
14 miles southeast of Waynoka
Vilas †	08 Mar 1894	30 Apr 1903	*
5 miles NE of Okeene. Named for William F. Vilas, postmaster general & Sec. of the Interior.
Walthall †	23 Apr 1894	31 Jan 1906	*
5 miles SW of Ringwood. Coined from name of Walter Hall, local resident.
West Cleo					populated place
Winter †
Wooddale †	09 Feb 1909	15 Jun 1926
11 miles southwest of Fairview.
Zeigler †