Brent, Oklahoma
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- Brent is also the name of a Census Designated Place in Oklahoma.
Brent is a small rural community located in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, south of Sallisaw. The post office opened May 6, 1896. It was located in District 11 of the old Indian Territory. It closed May 31, 1929. Brent was named for the Brent Ferry on the nearby Arkansas River.
Little remains of the community but a church and the cemetery.
[edit] Sources
Shirk, George H.; Oklahoma Place Names; University of Oklahoma Press; Norman, Oklahoma; 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
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