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Pumpkin Center, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

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Coordinates: 35°42′46″N 95°7′38″W / 35.71278°N 95.12722°W / 35.71278; -95.12722
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Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma is located in Oklahoma
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma is located in the United States
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°42′46″N 95°7′38″W / 35.71278°N 95.12722°W / 35.71278; -95.12722
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyMuskogee
Elevation
597 ft (182 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1100769[1]

Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is about 14 miles east of the city of Muskogee.[1]

This is not to be confused with the Pumpkin Center located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma which is about 10 miles northeast of the city of Okmulgee,[2] or with the Pumpkin Center located in Comanche County, Oklahoma which is about 10 miles east of Lawton,[2] or with the Pumpkin Center located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma which is about 7.5 miles northeast of Braggs.[3]

No information appears on the origins of the name; however, “Pumpkin Center” as a town name was widely publicized by one Cal Stewart, who was a popular spoken-word recording artist in the late 1890s and early 1900s.[4] He frequently played the character of a gullible individual by the name of Uncle Josh Weathersby who hailed from the fictional town of "Pumpkin Center" or "Punkin Center".[4] The recordings described life in Pumpkin Center, as well as the character’s collisions with modernity in New York City.[4] Perhaps as a result, no less than 23 towns called "Pumpkin Center" exist in the US, scattered among at least 15 states.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pumpkin Center". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b "Pumpkin Center". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Pumpkin Center, Cherokee County, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Smith, Jacob (4 August 2008). Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media. ISBN 9780520254947. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Pumpkin Center". Fascinating Names. Retrieved June 23, 2020.


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