Volume 13 , Issue 32

Towns Of Alfalfa County, OK

Aline -- Aline was laid out in 1901 by the engineer of the Choctaw Northern Railroad. The promoter of the Choctaw northern, Beeks Erick, helped to purchase the town site from Mr. Russell at a time when the town site company was having difficulty in raising enough money to put over the deal.

The original town was started just south of the present town. Five blocks were laid out. The town was named for Aline, the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hartshorn. The townsite board was composed of J. M. Staten, President, E. E. Hartshorn, Secretary, L. C. Thomas, A. G. Rosborough, and S. L. Christ.

The Board of County Commissioners of Woods county heard the petition for incorporation of the town of Aline on July 16, 1903. Seymore Foose was the attorney who drew up the incorporation papers. The election was held at the office of M. f. Ford in Aline on August 7, 1903, and the town was declared incorporated by the county commissioners on August 20, 1903.

The date of the first town election in Aline was September 11, 1903, with the following officers elected were as follows; B. F. Bowersex, Trustee, First District; M. F. Ford, Trustee, Second District; S. L. Christ, Trustee, Third District; Albert N. Austin, Clerk and Assessor; W. J. Woodruff, Treasurer; C. F. Deem, Town Justice of the Peace.

Other towns in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma are: Amorita, Burlington, Byron, Carmen, Cherokee, Driftwood, Goltry, Helena, Ingersol, Jet, Lambert and Yewed.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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