Gibbon is a populated place in Grant County, Oklahoma.[1][2] It is southeast of Manchester and northwest of Wakita.[3]
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  Gibbon | |
| Coordinates: 36°56′34″N 97°58′56″W / 36.94278°N 97.98222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Grant |
While never formally incorporated, the town was given a post office on March 26, 1896 by early settler William H McGibbon, to which he attached the “Gibbon” name.[4] Located on a rail line, the town had two grain elevators, two general stores, a railroad depot, a lumber yard, a cheese factory, a stockyard and a hotel by 1915.[4] Unfortunately, the highway (Oklahoma State Highway 132) bypassed the town, and the drought in the 1930s was hard on the farmers in the area.[4] Businesses left, and the post office closed in 1945.[4] Few vestiges of a town remain.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gibbon, Oklahoma
- ^ "Gibbon (in Grant County, OK) Populated Place Profile". HomeTownLocator. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Gibbon, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Gibbon, Cherokee Outlet, Grant County, Oklahoma". Genealogy Trails History Group. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
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