Bethel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma

For other places in Oklahoma named "Bethel", see Bethel, Oklahoma (disambiguation).

Bethel, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Blake's Grocery & Feed in the original building built in 1923. Picture taken in July 2009.
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Coordinates: 34°21′36.88″N94°50′14.71″W / 34.3602444°N 94.8374194°W / 34.3602444; -94.8374194
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	McCurtain
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	74724

Bethel is a rural unincorporated community located in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. It is situated about 25 miles north of Broken Bow, ^[1] and about 37 miles north of Idabel, off US Route 259 on Bethel Cutoff Rd. ^[2] The post office was opened January 24, 1900. ^[3] The locale was named after the "Bethel" in Palestine, the word being Hebrew for "house of God". ^[3]

Bethel Post Office on 7/21/2009.

McCurtain County Game Reserve, along with Beavers Bend State Park and Nature Center, are southeast of town. ^[4] Historic Bethel Cemetery is northwest of town center. ^{[5] [6]}

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  Bethel Senior Citizens' Center in July 2009, used as a polling place
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  Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in July 2009

References

1. "Bethel, Oklahoma to Broken Bow, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
2. "Idabel, Oklahoma to Bethel, Oklahoma" . Retrieved March 12, 2025.
3. Shirk, George H. (January 1987). Bethel. ISBN   978-0-8061-2028-7 . Retrieved March 12, 2025.
4. "Bethel, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
5. "Bethel Cemetery". CotnerMonument. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
6. "Bethel OK". Google Maps. Retrieved March 12, 2025.

Further reading

• Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN   0-8061-2028-2.