Parkland, Oklahoma

Parkland is a small unincorporated community in northern Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Agra. Its name was adopted "to describe the character of the townsite".[3]

Parkland, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Parkland is located in Oklahoma
Parkland
Parkland
Parkland is located in the United States
Parkland
Parkland
Coordinates: 35°50′24″N 96°50′32″W
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyLincoln
Elevation
[1]
965 ft (294 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)539/918
FIPS code40-00700[2]
GNIS feature ID1096445[1]

History

The land where Parkland is located was opened to white settlement by the Land Run of 1891 on September 28 of that year. The Parkland Post Office was established some three years later, on December 19, 1894, with McShelly Fishback as the first postmaster.[4] The Parkland Post Office was closed on June 15, 1918.[3]

A tornado on May 30, 1897, demolished several houses of the town, killing two and wounding several.[5]

Free lots in the town of Kendrick were offered to business owners in Parkland if they would move when Kendrick was platted in 1902.[6]

The towns of Chandler and Stroud were nearby railroad points. The Parkland Telephone company was organized and built telephone lines from Chandler to Stroud, linking them with Parkland and Cushing. Later these lines were purchased by the Arkansas Valley Telephone Company.[7]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parkland, Oklahoma
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Shirk, George (1987). Oklahoma Place Names. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 268. ISBN 9780806120287.
  4. Shirk, George. "First Post Offices within the Boundaries of Oklahoma" (PDF). Chronicles of Oklahoma. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  5. "Parkland, Oklahoma is Destroyed and Citizens are Injured" (PDF). New York Times. New York City, New York. April 1, 1897. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  6. Wilson, Linda. "Kendrick". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 20, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  7. Noble, John (June 1927). "Early Telephone History in Oklahoma". Chronicles of Oklahoma. 5 (2). Retrieved July 25, 2009.


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