Wardville, Oklahoma

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Wardville
Unincorporated community and Census designated place
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Wardville
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Wardville
Wardville (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°39′18″N96°01′51″W / 34.65500°N 96.03083°W / 34.65500; -96.03083
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Atoka
Area
[1]
 • Total1.00 sq mi (2.58 km2)
 • Land0.98 sq mi (2.54 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation
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679 ft (207 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total53
 • Density53.97/sq mi (20.84/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
74525
FIPS code 40-78350
GNIS feature ID2629940 [2]

Wardville is a small unincorporated community in northern Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States, along State Highway 131, [3] 14 miles northeast of Coalgate. The post office was established February 6, 1902 under the name Herbert, Indian Territory. Herbert was located in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation, a territorial-era entity which included portions of today's Atoka, Coal, Hughes and Pittsburg counties. The town was named after Herbert Ward, who was the youngest son of the towns first postmaster, Henry Pleasant Ward. [4] The name of the town was changed to Wardville on July 18, 1907. Wardville was named for the before mentioned Henry Pleasant Ward, who served in the territorial House of Representatives and Senate and was an Atoka County judge. [5] [6] The Wardville Post Office closed in 2007.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 53—
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wardville, Oklahoma
  3. ↑ Official State Map (Map) (2008 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
  4. ↑ Foreman, Grant (September 1928). "Chronicles of Oklahoma". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  5. ↑ Shirk, George H (1965). Oklahoma Place Names. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 250.
  6. ↑ O'Beirne, H. F. (1891). Leaders and Leading Men of Indian Territory. Chicago: American Publishers Association. pp.  115.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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