Slapout, Oklahoma
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Slapout is a small unincorporated community in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. The town was started by Joseph L. Johnston on the northwest corner of the land he had acquired with a government claim in 1904, three years before Oklahoma became a state.
The name "Slapout" came about in the early days of the Johnston's grocery, when there was not a very large stock. When a customer would ask for something that was not available, the answer would be "Sorry we are just slap out of that item". The customers soon started calling the place Slapout. Johnston had a large sign painted and installed in the front of the building that read "Slapout Grocery and Service Station".
[edit] References
Shirk, George H.; Oklahoma Place Names; University of Oklahoma Press; Norman, Oklahoma; 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
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- Slapout, Oklahoma is at coordinates Coordinates:
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