List of abandoned communities in Oklahoma

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Abandoned communities in Oklahoma no longer have permanent residents. Often no physical trace of the community remains. Many of these communities played important roles in the history, settlement, and growth of the state. Platted townsites organized by railroads, speculators, or the government during the opening of Oklahoma, many times, failed to prosper after initial settlement. Other communities grew up around rural schools, post offices, or general stores, and faded away when the attracting facilities closed. Several important Indian settlements developed around frontier forts, trading posts, Indian agencies, or where natural resources attracted permanent dwellings and dissolved when the Indian lands were opened. Oil boom towns also sometimes attracted thousands of people but disappeared when the boom ended.

Abandoned communities differ from "ghost towns", which may or may not have citizens, buildings, or civil governments, depending on which and whose definition is used.

Abandonded sites in Oklahoma are almost always located on private, state, tribal, or federal land, and tresspassing laws apply.

See also List of cities in Oklahoma, List of towns in Oklahoma, List of unincorporated communities in Oklahoma, and List of Census Designated Places in Oklahoma.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

Community	County	Citation
Alpha	Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.

[edit] B

Community	County	Citation
Bell	Le Flore County, Oklahoma.	USGS, Shirk.
Bethel	Grant County, Oklahoma.	Shirk.

[edit] C

Community	County	Citation
Charleston	Harper County, Oklahoma.	USGS.
Chahta Tamaha  (Choctaw Town)	present-day McCurtain County.	CofO.
Clarkson	Payne County, Oklahoma	Shirk.

[edit] D

Community	County	Citation
Doaksville	present-day Choctaw County.	Shirk.

[edit] G

Community	County	Citation
Grand	Ellis County.	Shirk.

[edit] H

Community	County	Citation
Hale, Oklahoma	Tulsa County.	USGS.
Harrison, Oklahoma	Sequoyah County.	Shirk.

[edit] L

Community	County	Citation
Liberty, Oklahoma	Canadian & Noble counties.	Shirk.

[edit] M

Community	County	Citation
Miller Court House	present-day McCurtain County.	CofO.

[edit] References

• Oklahoma Historical Society. Chronicles of Oklahoma. (accessed February 11, 2007)

• Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .

• United States Geological Survey. Geographic Names Information System. (accessed February 11, 2007)