Woodford, Oklahoma

Woodford is an unincorporated community located in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] The townsite plat and cemetery are located within Section 34, Township 2 South, Range 1 West of the Indian Meridian. Its elevation is 932 feet.[2] The zipcode is 73401.[3] Woodford has its own telephone exchange, serviced by the Chickasaw Telephone Company.[4] Phone numbers in Woodford are in the format 580-561-XXXX. The Woodford area had its own school district in the past, but it was closed as the community dwindled in population. Students in the area today attend school in the nearby towns of Springer, Lone Grove, or Fox.

Woodford
Unincorporated community
Woodford
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Woodford
Woodford (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°20′19″N 97°17′04″W
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyCarter
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1099983

History

A post office was established at Woodford, Indian Territory on February 4, 1884. It was named for Noah L. Woodford, a prominent Chickasaw Indian.[5]

At the time of its founding, Woodford was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.[6]

A history of Woodford was compiled by the Oklahoma history class at Woodford High School in 1930 (unpublished manuscript).[7]

The population of Woodford had already started to decline by 1930. In 1940, the census enumerated 138 residents. The school district and at least one church closed in the 1950s. The last remaining store closed in the late 1980s. The community still supports a volunteer fire department, however. Woodford is included in the book "Ghost Towns of Oklahoma".[8]

References
  1. "Woodford, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Hometownlocator.com-Woodford, Oklahoma
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. "Chickasaw Telephone Company".
  5. George H. Shirk. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, p. 225.
  6. Charles Goins. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), p. 105.
  7. "History of Woodford and the Surrounding Community - Wikibooks, open books for an open world". en.wikibooks.org.
  8. Morris, John W. "Ghost Towns of Oklahoma" University of Oklahoma Press, 1978. ISBN 978-0806114200
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