Abbott, Oklahoma
Abbott is a former community in Jack's Fork County, Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory. The site is located in present-day Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, 11 miles northeast of Antlers, Oklahoma.
Prior to Oklahoma's statehood Abbott was located in Wade County, Choctaw Nation.
Abbott, Indian Territory was granted a United States Post Office on March 3, 1897; it closed on July 11, 1899. The community, a short-lived boomtown created by the logging industry—which used its rail spur to ship timber via the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway—is no longer in existence.[1]
More information on Abbott may be found in the Pushmataha County Historical Society.
References
- ↑ George B. Shirk, Oklahoma Place Names, p. 3; Post Office Site Location Reports, Record Group 28, National Archives
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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