Catesby, Oklahoma | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 36°29′35″N99°57′46″W / 36.49306°N 99.96278°W Coordinates: 36°29′35″N99°57′46″W / 36.49306°N 99.96278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Ellis |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Catesby is an unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Oklahoma. Named for Catesby ap Roger Jones, the town was founded on July 1, 1902. The post office was opened by Ella M. Rose on February 18, 1902. The town remains a legal town site, although the post office was closed on January 1, 1970.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Ellis County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,151, making it the fifth-least populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is Arnett.
Catesby ap Roger Jones was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became a commander in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He assumed command of CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads and engaged the USS Monitor in the historic first battle of the two iron clads.
As of the centennial in 2002, there were two residents, making it the smallest townsite in Oklahoma.
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