Fox, Oklahoma

Fox, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Fox

Location within the state of Oklahoma

Coordinates: 34°21′49″N 97°29′32″W / 34.36361°N 97.49222°WCoordinates: 34°21′49″N 97°29′32″W / 34.36361°N 97.49222°W
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Carter
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Fox is a small unincorporated community in Carter County in southern Oklahoma. The post office was established January 25, 1894. It is named for Frank M. Fox of the Chickasaw Nation.

Its racially-integrated school produced several high school championship football teams, particularly in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Captains 1979-80: O. Young, J. Payne, S. Black.

Robert L. Lynn, the president from 1975 to 1997 of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, graduated in 1949 from Fox High School.[1]

References

  1. "Dr. Lynn is slated by Lions", Minden Press-Herald, Minden, Louisiana, September 24, 1975, p. 1