Ghost Towns
ARBEKA
In extreme
northeastern corner of Seminole County.
A post office from September 10, 1883,
to December 14, 1907.
Taken from Abi' h' ka, meaning 'peace town' or 'a place
where justice was received.'
BEIRUT
Near Bowlegs. A
post office from January 23, 1928, to April 15, 1935.
Name comes from
Beirut, Lebanon.
BELLE
Near Wewoka. A post office from march 1, 1910, to December 31, 1913.
BERG
In eastern part of
the county, adjoining Wewoka.
A post office from March 22, 1912, to March 31,
1915.
BUTNER
Eight miles
northeast of Wewoka. A post office from June 1, 1903 to November 30, 1906.
Named
for Thomas Butner, early day settler.
DEWRIGHT
Seven miles
southeast of Maud. A post office from June 24, 1931 to July 15, 1939.
It was
named for Dewey Wright, first postmaster.
DORA
In southeastern
part of the county near Konawa.
A post office from July 17, 1906 to December 31,
1909.
ECONTUCHKA
Extreme
northwestern part of Seminole county.
A post office form September 15, 1881 to
November 30, 1907.
On October 19, 1899, the post office was established slightly
to the west at a new site in the Pottawatomie Nation.
The is the Seminole/Creek
word meaning a surveyed line.
EMAHAKA
On the line between
Seminole and Hughes counties, 5 miles south of Wewoka.
A post office from
January 23, 1895, to July 16, 1906.
Site of Emahaka Academy, established in 1893
by the Seminole Nation as a school for girls.
The word is a Seminole word,
meaning literally "girls" school.
HANEY
Ten miles northeast
of Seminole of Seminole.
A post office from February 17, 1908, to November 30,
1916.
Named for Reverend Willie Haney, prominent Seminole.
HAZEL
Six miles north of
Konawa.
A post office from July 31, 1905, to March 24, 1943.
Named for Hazel
Whalen, daughter of R.C. Whalen of Ada, an official of the Oklahoma City, Ada
and Atoka Railway.
HELISWA
Five miles
northwest of Seminole.
A post office from January 10, 1891 to November 27, 1895.
The name is from the Creek word heleswv, meaning medicine.
IRENE
Six miles south of
Boley, A post office from October 31, 1903 to November 28, 1907.
Named for Irene
Davis, the late Mrs. W. S. Key of Oklahoma City, daughter of Chief Alice Brown
Davis, Seminole leader.
On December 19, 19, 1907 a post office named Schoolton
was established at approximately this same site.
LIMA
Six miles south
east of Seminole.
A post office from July 17, 1907 to August 23, 1957.
LITTLE
In northern
Seminole county, eight miles north of the town of Seminole.
A post office from
August 14, 1902 to November 30, 1916.
It was named for Thomas Little, prominent
Seminole and second chief of the tribe.
MEKASUKEY
Three miles
southwest of Seminole.
A post office from October 17, 1894 to February 28, 1915.
Site of Mekasukey Academy, established in 1891 as a Seminole school for boys.
The name is the Creek word mekko-tku-cuko, originally meaning 'where the chiefs
meet'. but later developed the meaning 'place where Christianity is taught'.
PRICE
In the northeast part of Seminole county, six miles east of Castle.
A post office from September
3, 1903 to April 29, 1916.
Named for Victoria Price, first postmistress.
SCHOOLTON
Six miles south of
Boley.
A post office from December 19, 1907 to June 30, 1917.
Until November 28,
1907, a post office named Irene had been located at this same proximate
location.
The name was selected by William P. Weston, local educator, in
recognition of plans for a fine school system.
SNOMAC
Four miles
southeast of Bowlegs.
A post office from October 11, 1928 to December 31, 1955.
The name was coined from Snowden and McSweeney, the developers who drilled the
discovery well.
SLYVIAN
Sic miles west of
Cromwell.
Post office from February 2, 1907 to April 30, 1935.
Name selected by
the wife of first postmaster, W. T Stavely because the site was "surrounded
by a wonderful wood" area.
TATE
Six miles south of
Wewoka.
A post office from June 1, 1903 to November 30, 1906.
Named for M. M
Tate, attorney and United States Commissioner.
THRACE
Eight miles south
of Seminole.
Post office from May 22, 1906 to February 15, 1911.
Its name comes
from that of ancient country adjoining Macedonia.
Present day
Seminole.
Post office established may 17, 1902 and the name changed to Seminole,
February 6, 1907.
Named for Hoe Tidmore, a contractor for the erection of
Mekasukey Mission.
VAMOOSA
Seven miles east of
Konawa.
Post office from May 19, 1906 to March 20, 1918.
Means to 'move along'.
WOLF
Two miles south of
Bowlegs.
A post office from February 25, 1903 to September 14, 1907.
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