Lenna, Oklahoma

Lenna
Unincorporated community
Lenna Location within the state of Oklahoma
Coordinates: 35°22′35″N 95°46′10″W / 35.37639°N 95.76944°W / 35.37639; -95.76944Coordinates: 35°22′35″N 95°46′10″W / 35.37639°N 95.76944°W / 35.37639; -95.76944
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	McIntosh
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Lenna is a small rural community in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, USA. The post office was established January 4, 1902. It was named for Lenna Moore, a local Creek Indian.^[1]

History

How Lenna was named it all started with a newly established post office around Stidham, OK. In order to pick a name it was decided by the local officials to hold a contest to name the Post Office aka the town. People were invited to submit names and a drawing would be made to select a list of names to be considered. Tom Moore^[1] dropped into the name box all the names of his Children. His daughter, Lenna's name was dawned, thus Lenna(Full name Lennie Doddy Moore^[2]), Oklahoma. In the book "Oklahoma Place Names" lists Lenna as being named after a local Creek Indian.^[1]

References

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

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