Emerson Center, Oklahoma

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Emerson Center is an unincorporated community in Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States. A post office operated in Emerson from 1908 to 1914. [1] The community was located six miles west of Walters. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, 2nd ed., Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984, p.82.