In the table below, "PO from" is the date the Post Office was established or date name was changed. "PO to" is the date the Post Office was discontinued or had a name change. In some cases, the post office was moved to another town or state.
†=historical - the post office is no longer in service or no longer goes by the name listed.
*=NLIE - No longer in existance - the town does not exist, but might still be a populated place.
AKA=Previous/changed names.
Place Names
Name
PO from
PO to
NLIE
AKA
TYPE
Alamo †
13 Mar 1894
02 Apr 1897
*
5 miles north of Fairview, on Cottonwood Creek. Name is from the Spanish word for cottonwood
Almeda †
04 Feb 1895
20 Jan 1903
Bernardi
7 miles SE of Cleo Springs.
Ames
04 Jan 1902
Hoyle
populated place
Named for Henry S. Ames of St. Louis, official of Denver, Enid & Gulf RR.
Bado †
19 Feb 1901
14 Feb 1905
Baddo
populated place
14 miles southwest of Fairview
Barnes †
09 Dec 1897
15 Dec 1908
5 miles NE of Seiling, named for Cassius M. Barnes, 4th governor of OT
Barney †
12 Jun 1902
15 Apr 1925
13 miles SW of Orienta. Name from nearby Barney Creek.
Bernardi †
20 Apr 1896
30 Sep 1901
7 miles southeast of Cleo Springs.
Bernardi
20 Jan 1903
15 Aug 1910
Almeda
See Almeda
Bertrand
15 Aug 1894
31 Nov 1895
*
5 miles north of Ames. Named comes from Bertrand, KS
Bird †
Bostick †
12 Mar 1901
29 Sep 1906
*
15 miles south of Waynoka
Bouse Junction
populated place
Cedar Springs
populated place
Chester
08 Apr 1896
populated place
5 miles north of Seiling. Named for Chester Long US Senator from KS
Cheyenne Valley
populated place
Clarion †
26 May 1902
15 Feb 1908
*
6 miles west of Orienta.
Cleo †
07 Dec 1894
03 May 1917
Cleo Springs
In north-central Major County. Name from near by Cleo Springs
Cleo Springs †
21 Mar 1894
Cleo
populated place
Named for Cle-oh-i-to-mo an Indian maid
Concord †
10 Apr 1894
29 Feb 1904
*
5 miles west of Drummond.
Crystal Lakes
populated place
Dane †
03 Aug 1895
31 Jul 1909
*
populated place
7 miles southwest of Fairview.
Dyche †
08 Nov 1913
31 Oct 1914
*
In extreme northwestern corner of Major Co. Named for William B. Dyche, 1st postmaster
Elmot †
01 Dec 1903
30 Mar 1912
*
About 11 miles west of Orienta.
Estelle †
27 Jun 1901
07 Jan 1908
Hoopville
10 miles northwest of Phroso
Fairbanks †
17 Oct 1904
28 Feb 1921
18 miles west of Fairview. Named for Charels W. Fairbanks, VP of the US.
Fairview
18 Apr 1894
County Seat
populated place
Forrest †
Glass Mountains
Prominent land feature
Buttes are covered with selenite, which resembles bits of glass
Granton †
25 Agu 1898
31 May 1921
11 miles northwest of Fairview
Griever †
10 Apr 1901
30 Nov 1907
*
Griener?
16 miles west of Orienta. Named for nearby Griever Canyon.
Heman
29 Apr 1901
15 Feb 1922
5 miles southwest of Waynoa. Named for F. A. Heman, conductor on Santa Fe RR.
Holt †
Hoopville †
07 Jan 1908
29 Sep 1913
Estelle/Sherman
See Estelle & Sherman
Hoyle †
31 Jan 1894
04 Jan 1902
Ames
Named for nearby Hoyle Creek, tributary of Cimarron River
Isabella
25 Jul 1894
populated place
8 miles SE of Fairview. Name from Belle Isbell, wife of local landowner.
Leslie †
Lindley
populated place
Lynn †
12 Mar 1895
30 Jan 1904
*
3 miles west of Ames
Lyons †
21 Mar 1894
31 Aug 1905
*
4 miles south of Ames.
Media †
17 Jun 1905
28 Feb 1915
15 miles southeast of Quinlan
Meno
19 Oct 1899
populated place
15 miles west of Enid. Named for Menno Simons, early Mennonite leader.
Oneil †
13 Aug 1907
31 Dec 1908
7 miles southeast of Quinlan. PO sames as O'Neil in Woodward Co.
Orienta †
12 Mar 1901
populated place
6 miles north of Fairview. Name from Cansas City, Mexico & Orient RR.
Orion †
16 Apr 1895
30 Jun 1932
populated place
12 miles northeast of Seiling. From Greek mythology, a constellation in the northern sky.
Phroso †
19 Sep 1900
29 May 1937
populated place
8 miles northeast of Chester. Name from Phroso, novel by Anthony Hope.
Piper
populated place
Plymouth †
22 Aug 1894
30 Sep 1905
*
7 miles south of Fairview.
Prudence †
30 Apr 1895
14 Jun 1901
*
4 miles southwest of Ames.
Ringwood
23 Mar 1894
populated place
22 miles west of Enid. Named for three ringed trees.
Roscoe †
17 Apr 1900
15 May 1909
*
5 miles northwest of Fairview.
Rusk †
21 Mar 1894
31 Oct 1912
6 miles east of Fairview.
Sherman †
29 Jan 1913
15 Aug 1949
Hoopville
10 miles NW of Phoso. Named for Joseph Sherman, legislator & local resident.
Tivoli †
02 Jan 1896
15 Jun 1913
*
12 miles NW of Canton. Name from Tivoli Gardens, Copenhage, Denmark
Togo †
23 Jun 1905
15 Feb 1921
populated place
14 miles southeast of Waynoka
Vilas †
08 Mar 1894
30 Apr 1903
*
5 miles NE of Okeene. Named for William F. Vilas, postmaster general & Sec. of the Interior.
Walthall †
23 Apr 1894
31 Jan 1906
*
5 miles SW of Ringwood. Coined from name of Walter Hall, local resident.
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