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MOUNDS, CREEK COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

From "The Roadside History of Oklahoma"
by Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate
(c)1991, Mountain Press Publishing Company
P. O. Box 2399; Missoula, MT 59806
Page 355

MOUNDS - US 75 ALT

Established on the Frisco RR in 1898, this farming community took its name from nearby geographical features. It experienced a boom during the development of the Glenn Pool oil field and then settled back into its quiet rural ways.

From "Oklahoma Place Names" by George Shirk
University Of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK (c)1965

Page 144

MOUNDS. Formerly Posey. In southeastern Creek County. Present site is west of original post office location. Name changed to Mounds, April 19, 1898. Took its name from prominent mound feature along Duck Creek, west of the townsite.

MOUNDS, CREEK COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

From "The Roadside History of Oklahoma" by Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate (c)1991, Mountain Press Publishing Company P. O. Box 2399; Missoula, MT 59806 Page 355

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by Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate
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