Enville, Oklahoma

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Enville, Oklahoma
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Coordinates: 33°59′01″N96°59′11″W / 33.98361°N 96.98639°W / 33.98361; -96.98639
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Love
Elevation
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709 ft (216 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1092632 [1]

Enville is a community located in eastern Love County, Oklahoma, United States. A post office was established at Enville, Indian Territory on June 16, 1904, and closed January 15, 1935. The name is said to have been coined from a contraction of the phrase, "end of the road ville." [2]

At the time of its founding, Enville was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation. [3]

Enville is the birthplace of noted Western actor, singer and composer, and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Bond.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enville, Oklahoma
  2. George H. Shirk, Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), p. 73.
  3. Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.

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