Park Hill, Oklahoma

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Park Hill is also the name of a Census Designated Place in Oklahoma.

Park Hill is a small rural community located in southwestern Cherokee County, Oklahoma, near Tahlequah, east of the junction of US Highway 62 and State Highway 82.

The first post office was established at Park Hill May 18, 1838, with Samuel Newton as postmaster. In 1847, the post office was moved to Tahlequah. The post office at Park Hill was re-established April 22, 1892. The ZIP Code is 74451.

In 1940 the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Oklahoma erected a marker at Park Hill declaring it the "Center of Cherokee culture". Park Hill was the home of the Park Hill Mission which had one of the earliest presses in Oklahoma, the Park Hill Publishing House. In and around Park Hill are several important sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Murrell Home, the Ross Cemetery, and the Cherokee Female Seminary. The Cherokee Heritage Center and Tsa La Gi Indian Villiage are also at Park Hill.

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Editors. "Historical Notes". Chronicles of Oklahoma 19:1 (March 1941) 99-103. (accessed March 8, 2007)
Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
Wright, Murial. "Notes of the Life of Mrs. Hannah Worcester Hicks Hitchcock and the Park Hill Press". Chronicles of Oklahoma 19:4 (December 1941) 348-355. (accessed March 8, 2007)