Blocker, Oklahoma

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Blocker is an unincorporated community located on State Highway 31 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] The post office opened April 26, 1905. The ZIP code is 74529. The community is said to have been named for a local coal dealer, Eads Blocker. [2] At the time of its founding, Blocker was located in Gaines County, Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Blocker, Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, ISBN   0-8061-2028-2
  3. ↑ John W. Morris, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Plate 38.


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