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Enville, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 33°59′1″N 96°59′11″W / 33.98361°N 96.98639°W / 33.98361; -96.98639
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Enville
Enville is located in Oklahoma
Enville
Enville
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Enville is located in the United States
Enville
Enville
Enville (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°59′1″N 96°59′11″W / 33.98361°N 96.98639°W / 33.98361; -96.98639
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyLove
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Enville is a small rural community located in eastern Love County, Oklahoma. 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."[1]

At the time of its founding, Enville was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ George H. Shirk, Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), p. 73.
  2. ^ Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.

Sources

  • Foreman, Grant. "First Post Offices Within the Boundaries of Oklahoma". Chronicles of Oklahoma. 26:2 (June 1948) p. 200. (accessed March 1, 2008)
  • Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
  • Thompson, Chuck; Robert Medley; Rhonda Shephard; researchers. "Singers, Songwriters, & Musicians & the Place They Call Home". Oklahoma Today. Vol. 41 No. 1, February 1992, p. 22. (accessed March 1, 2008)