Salt Fork, Oklahoma

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Salt Fork, Oklahoma
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Salt Fork
Coordinates: 36°38′06″N97°35′20″W / 36.63500°N 97.58889°W / 36.63500; -97.58889
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Grant
Elevation
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1,007 ft (307 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 580
GNIS feature ID1097703 [1]

Salt Fork is an unincorporated community in southeast Grant County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] The community is on Oklahoma State Highway 74 approximately six miles south of Lamont and one mile south of the Salt Fork Arkansas River. [2]

History

The community was originally called Elmpark, but it was renamed after the nearby Salt Fork Arkansas River. [3] :213

The community's post office was officially established on July 12, 1895, [3] :82 and it operated until April 30, 1951. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Fork, Oklahoma
  2. Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22 ISBN   0899332838
  3. 1 2 3 Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2nd ed., 1987