Volume 11 , Issue 7

List of Oklahoma Ghost Towns

Here is a list of some more Oklahoma ghost towns taken from our OkieLegacy Ghost Towns pages and moved to our OkieLegacy eZine database:

AMORITA - was named for Amorita Ingersoll, wife of the president of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.

ASHLEY - A town located on the NE quarter in 27-12-19 owned by Frank Ashley. Also 10 acres was laid out in 27-12-20 in the NW corner.

AUBURN - named for Auburn, KY. It had a post office between 1894 and 1903.

AUGUSTA - Alfalfa County, Section 5, Township 24N, Range 12W.

BURLINGTON - originally located 12 miles north of Cherokee where it had a post office from 1900 to 1902. In 1907 the post office at nearby Drumm changed its name to Burlington. It is believed named for Burlington, IA.

BYRON - post office established in 1894. The town was named after Byron Spurrier, a relative of the first postmaster.

CARMEN - established in 1901. The name of the town was a trade-off between Arthur Stilwell, who owned the Orient Railroad, and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz. Stilwell named a town in Oklahoma for Diaz' wife, Carmen Romero Rubio de Diaz, and Diaz renamed Topolobampo, proposed western terminus of the railroad, Port Stilwell. [wouldn't this be Avard?? rcm]

CARWILE - located five miles south of Helena, it had a post office from 1894 to 1905. Named for James D. Carwile, an early settler.

CHEROKEE - took its name from the Cherokee Outlet, also called the Cherokee Strip.

CLAY - located near Clay Creek, a tributary of the Salt Fork River. It existed from 1894 to 1902.

DRIFTWOOD - named for nearby Driftwood Creek. Its first post office was in 1894 and, although it stil exists today, thepost office closed in 1959.

DRUMM - named for Major Andrew Drumm, an early day rancher. In 1907 the name was changed to Burlington and a few years later some of the residents tried unsuccessfully to change it again, this time to Wheaton.

EAGLE CHIEF - Alfalfa County, Section 5, Township 24N, Range 12W.

ELKTON - eight miles south of Cherokee, it had a post office from 1899 to 1909.

FRIENDS - took its name from the Stella Friends Academy where the post office was located from 1899 to 1901.
GOLTRY - was first called Karoma and located a mile southeast of the present town. In 1904 the name was changed to Goltry after a local businessman, Charles Goltry.

HELENA - named for Helen S. Monroe, first postmaster, in 1894.

INGERSOLL - located four miles northwest of Cherokee, had a post office from 1901 to 1942. It was named for C. E. Ingersoll, a Philadelphia railroad official.

JET - its post office was established in 1894 and the town named after the local miller, W. M. Jett, who became the first postmaster.

KAROMA - established in 1894, the name was changed to Goltry in 1904.

KEITH - located seven miles northwest of Ingersoll, it was named for Charles Keith, first postmaster, in 1894. It closed in 1904.

KNOWLTON - named for first postmaster, George Knowlton, in 1901. It lasted three years.

LAMBERT - founded by Ambrose Lambert, it had a post office from 1901 to 1952.

LONETREE - four miles northeast of Amorita from 1895 to 1902, is was named for a nearby cottonwood tree.

McWILLIE - six miles west of Helena, had a post office from 1910 to 1934.

MARION - located near Ingersoll, it existed from 1897 to 1901.

MENDON - three miles east of Byron, had a post office from 1897 to 1910.

MILAN - northeast of Helena, had a post office from 1895 to 1902. NEEDS - near Byron, had a post office from 1896 to 1900. OXFORD - had a post office from 1898 to 1903.

ROUNDGROVE - had a post office from 1894 to 1901.

SHORT SPRINGS - A town 1/2 mile south of the South Springs schoolhouse, Twp 27-Range 12-Section in the SE of Section 29, at the Short Springs on the land owned by Young Short.

SPRINGS - named for the springs along Sandy Creek, it had a post office from 1895 to 1904.

TIMBERLAKE - northeast of Helena. The post office closed in 1905. VANCE - named for Carrie Vance, postmaster from 1895 to 1898 when it closed.

VINING - 12 miles east of Cherokee, it had a post office from 1914 to 1930. Named for the many trumpet vines growing in the area.

YEWED - named for Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Spanish American ar, they spelled his name backwards. It had a post office from 1898 to 1952.
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