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Other Communities |
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have existed but little is know of their beginning or ending.
Numbers in blue are GPS coordinates.
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| Washita - Post office Aug 11, 1887 - Oct 31, 1900, 34° 3249N, 097° 0752W, Joy Wheeler, S13, T1N, R1E - same area as Washita, 34° 3341N, 097° 0824W, Joy Carr Flat - S36, T1N, R1E, 1 mi. NE of Joy. Gattis - extreme NW Murray County. Fletcher - S9, T1S, R3E, cemetery, 34° 2919N, 096° 5326W, Sulphur South Rocky Point - N/W of Sulphur. Howard - S/E of Woodland School in Arbuckle foothills. Denny - north of Hickory, 34° 3412N, 096° 5047W, Roff South Crusher - a.k.a. Big Canyon/Arbuckle, 34° 2102N, 097° 0145W, Gene Autry Robnet - Sec 21, T1-S, R1-E; platted Oct 30, 1911. Which would put it on the old Butterly Ranch. Lincoln, OK - Town platted Oct 8, 1910. Area was adjoining Platt National Park east of Buffalo & Antelope Springs, to the east and south of the park boundary. Grandview - S 36, T1N, R3E. On the hills just NE of the School for the Deaf at Sulphur. Goose Nest - A community west of Davis that was platted and registered April 10, 1911 by surveyor G. W. King. It had a school and was located: S17, T1S, R1E. The town was evidently named after the Goose Nest Mine that was nearby. There were many lead and zinc mines in the Arbuckle Mountains. Cedar Blue - A recreational vehicle park with year round camping. Has a population of several hundred during camping season. Built in the old Gilsonite community. S28, T1S, R3E, built 1980. Five Lakes - A new recreational living community built around the asphalt pits in the old Gilsonite community. Population is several hundred. Built in 1982. White Mound - East of Crusher, 34° 2220N, 097° 0027W, Gene Autry Number Two - Community between Arbuckle Dam and Dougherty.
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