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Town |
Est.* |
Location; Comments |
| Algiers | 1904 | near Skiatook in SE Osage County; post office from May 1904 - Dec 1904; named for the city in North Africa |
| Apperson | 1920 | 4 miles NW of Burbank; townsite established Aug 1920; named for Apperson automobile; ghost town |
| Arondale | 1921 | near Hominy; post office Sep 1921 - Jul 1935; named for Aaron Steele, oil field superintendent; oil field boom town; no longer in existence |
| Avant | 1906 | 7 miles SE of Barnsdall; post office established Aug 1906; named for Ben Avant, prominent Osage Indian; Big Heart twp.; oil boom town |
| Barnsdale | 1911 | near Barnsdall; post office from Jan 1911-Jan 1915; name is variant of Barnsdall Oil Company |
| Barnsdall | 1921 | formerly Bigheart; post office name changed to Barnsdall, Nov 1921; name from Barnsdall Oil Company |
| Bartlett | 1908 | near Fairfax; post office from Dec 1908 - Jun 1910; named for Don Carlos Bartlett, early day resident; no longer in existence |
| Belford | 1907 | 5 miles SE of Ralston; post office from Sep 1907- Mar 1915; Big Hill twp.; no longer in existence; named for Irene Belford, first postmaster |
| Betts | Santa Fe Railway switch stop; 7 miles W of Pawhuska; named for C. E. Betts, general auditor of the Santa Fe | |
| Bigheart | 1906 | 12 miles N of Pawhuska; Caney twp.; post office established Jan 1906, name changed to Barnsdall, Nov 1921, named for James Bigheart, Osage chief; ghost town |
| Blackland | 1911 | 12 miles NW of Pawhuska; Foraker twp.; post office established Jan 1911, named for black soil; Dec 1917, post office moved 3 miles SE and name changed to Pearsonia; now cattle loading area outside Tallgrass preserve; during WW II more cattle were unloaded and loaded here than any spot in the United States; ghost town |
| Boulanger | 1914 | 19 miles NW of Pawhuska; a former townsite established in 1914; named for Isaac Boulanger, townsite owner; Original Layout of Town |
| Bowring | 1923 | 18 miles NE of Pawhuska; post office established Nov 1923; Caney twp.; named for two ranchers, Mart Bowhan and Richard Woodring |
| Burbank | 1907 | 18 miles W of Pawhuska; Big Hill twp.; post office established Dec 1907; name believe to have been taken from nearby rocky bluff along Salt Creek, covered with cockleburs |
| Carter Nine | 1928 | 22 miles NW of Pawhuska; Fairfax twp.; post office established Aug 1928, named for Carter Oil Company and land description - Section 9 of township 26 North, Range 6 East; ghost town |
| Cooper | 1923 | 8 miles N of Burbank; post office from Aug 1923 - Oct 1939; named for Edward E. Cooper, early resident; ghost town |
| DeNoya | 1921 | 3 miles SW of Shidler; Fairfax twp.; known locally as Whizbang; post office from Dec 1921 - Sep 1942; named for Joseph F. DeNoya, prominent Osage; ghost town |
| Embree | 1891 | 6 miles W of Ramona on the Osage county line; post office established Nov 1891 to Mar 1892 |
| Fairfax | 1903 | post office established Feb 1903; several versions explain name origin; name is probably in honor of Lord Fairfax of Virginia |
| Foraker | 1903 | 7 miles NE of Shilder; post office established Feb 1903, named for Joseph B. Foraker, US senator from Ohio; shipping point boom town serving the Burbank Field; ghost town |
| Frankfort | 1910 | 10 miles NW of Foraker; Foraker twp.; post office from Jan 1910 - Aug 1912; named for Frank Murphy, townsite developer; ghost town |
| Grainola | 1910 | formerly Salt Creek; 6 miles NW of Foraker; post office name changed to Grainola Mar 1910; closed Jun 1974 |
| Gray Horse | 1890 | 5 miles SE of Fairfax; post office from May 1890-Dec 1931; named for Gray Horse or Ko-wah-ho-tsa, an Osage medicine man; ghost town |
| Hampton | 1892 | 5 miles west of Copan, post office established Oct 1892 - Oct 1897; named for William A. Hampton, first postmaster |
| Henry | 1896 | 15 miles W of Tulsa; post office established Sep 1896 - Mar 1905; named for Henry Anderson, husband of the first postmaster |
| Herd | 1915 | 13 miles NE of Pawhuska; Caney twp.; post office from Apr 1915- Mar 1945; named for Joe Herrod, local rancher and cattleman; ghost town |
| Hominy | 1891 | 16 miles S of Pawhuska; established Feb 1891; there are several versions of the origin of the name; word is probably corruption of Harmony, referring to Harmony Mission in Missouri |
| Hulah | 1918 | 10 miles N of Bartlesville; townsite plat filed Mar 1918; name is Osage word for "hluah" meaning "eagle"; ghost town |
| Keefe | 3 miles E of Fairfax; rural community; named for J. H. Keefe, vice-president of the Santa Fe Railway | |
| Land | 1894 | adjoining Ponca City in western Osage County; post office established Jul 1894 - Mar 1895; named for James T. Land, first post master |
| Little Chief | 5 miles SE of Burbank; rural community; named for nearby Little Chief Creek; ghost town | |
| Lyman | 1924 | 6 miles NW of Shilder; Foraker twp.; post office from Mar 1924 - Feb 1956; named for A. J. Lyman, townsite owner; ghost town |
| McInnis | 8 miles W of Pawhuska; switch and loading point on the Santa Fe Railway; named for E. E. McInnis, Santa Fe Railway attorney | |
| Mitscher | 1901 | 6 miles NE of Foraker; post office established Oct 1901 - Jun 1902; named for O. a. Mitscher of Pawhuska, later Mayor of Oklahoma City and father of Admiral Marc Mitscher |
| Nelagoney | 1906 | 7 miles SE of Pawhuska; Strike Axe twp.; post office from Dec 1906 - Feb 1959; name is Osage word meaning "good water" or "spring" |
| New Prue | north of the former Prue townsite; relocated because of the Keystone Reservoir | |
| Okesa | 1906 | 11 miles W of Bartlesville; Strike Axe twp.; post office from Jan 1906 - Dec 1940; name is Osage word meaning "halfway", the site being halfway between Pawhuska and the Cherokee Nation boundary |
| Osage | 1906 | 5 mile E of Cleveland; post office established Nov 1906 |
| Osage City | 1906 | Hominy twp. |
| Paha | 1908 | 7 miles SE of Ponca City; post office established Jun 1908 - Jan 1911; named for Pretty Hair, an Osage tribal leader |
| Pawhuska | 1876 | post office established May 1876; named for Osage chief, Paw-Hiu-Skah, names means "white hair"; Osage County seat |
| Pearsonia | 1917 | formerly Blackland; 9 miles NW of Pawhuska; Foraker twp.; post office moved 3 miles SE and name changed to Pearsonia, Dec 1917; post office discontinued Dec 1936; named for Joseph R. Pearson, townsite owner; ghost town |
| Perrier | 1918 | 8 miles E of Hominy; townsite plat filed Sep 1918; named for James Perrier, prominent Osage |
| Pershing | 1919 | 5 miles SE of Pawhuska; Big Heart twp.; post office from May 1919 - Mar 1957; named for General John J. Pershing |
| Prue | 1905 | 9 miles SE of Cleveland; post office established Sep 1905; named for Henry Prue, townsite owner; ghost town; see New Prue |
| Pulare | 1920 | 9 miles NW of Sand Springs; post office established Aug 1920 - Sep 1928 |
| Red Eagle | 1920 | 12 miles NW of Bartlesville; post office established Aug 1920 - Oct 1930; named for Paul Red Eagle, Osage chief |
| Remington | 1905 | 5 miles S of Burbank; post office Jan 1905 - Mar 1912; name came from the Remington rifle; ghost town |
| Salt Creek | 1906 | in NW Osage Co.; Foraker twp.; post office established Nov 1906; named changed to Grainola Mar 1910; took name from nearby Salt Creek, tributary of the Arkansas River |
| Shidler | 1922 | 21 miles NW of Pawhuska; Foraker twp.; post office established Feb 1922; named for E. S. Shidler, townsite developer |
| Skiatook | 1880 | 13 miles north of Tulsa on the Tulsa, Osage county line; post office established Mar 1880; until Apr 1892, official spelling of the post office was "Ski-a-took"; named for Skiatooka, prominent Osage, the community around his home being known as Skiatooka's Settlement |
| Soldani | adjoining Burbank; a switch and loading point on the the Santa Fe Railway in western Osage County; named for Sylvester Coldani, prominent Osage | |
| Souter | 1914 | near Cleveland; post office from May 1914 - Sep 1917; named for George W. Souter, prominent local resident |
| Strohm | 7 miles NE of Fairfax; named for Charles B. Strohm, Santa Fe Railway official; ghost town | |
| Tallant | 1921 | 3 miles NW of Barnsdall; Strike Axe twp.; post office established Mar 1921 - Mar 1957; named for Ralph K. Tallant, executive of Cities Service Oil Co.; ghost town |
| Wau-ti-au-cah | 1880 | 6 miles NW of Skiatook; post office established for a short time in 1880; named for Wah-ti-au-cah, an Osage sub-chief |
| Webb City | 1922 | NW Osage County; post office established Dec 1922; named for Horace Webb; townsite owner |
| Whizbang | local name for DeNoya; name from Captain Billy's Whizbang, a magazine popular at the time | |
| Wolco | 1922 | 5 miles E of Barnshdall; Big Heart twp.; post office from Dec 1922 - Mar 1957; named for Wolverine Oil Company; ghost town |
| Woolaroc | 14 miles SE of Bartlesville; well known ranch of the late Frank Phillips; now a game preserve and museum; name coined from words woods, lakes, and rocks | |
| Wynona | 1906 | 8 miles south of Pawhuska; post office established Dec 1903; named is a Sioux word meaning "first born daughter"; oil boom town; |
| 1. Post Offices Located in Oil
Boom Towns Created Between 1906 and 1928 (exact name of printed source
unknown (Jul 2003)] 2. Oklahoma Place Names by George H. Shirk, University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. Date established as a townsite, community, settlement or Post Office. |
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