User:Jmbranum/Four Counties Corner, Oklahoma
Four Counties Corner, Oklahoma | |
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  Four Counties Corner Location within the state of Oklahoma  Four Counties Corner Four Counties Corner (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°43′33.37″N 97°40′26.18″W / 35.7259361°N 97.6739389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Oklahoma, Kingfisher, Logan, Canadian |
| Elevation | 1,165 ft (355 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 405 |
Four Counties Corner is the name of a suburban unincorporated community that is centered on the quad-point where four counties meet: Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma and Canadian. It is one of only two such county quad-points in the state of Oklahoma. It was previously known as "Lockridge."
History
[edit]The community was first known as "Lockridge," a small community created after the land run of 1889, the name being derived from the first letters of the four counties that meet at the ridge near the quad-point. At its height (in the first decade of the 1900's) the town had five general stores, a drug store, a hardware store, two saloons, a train depot, two grain elevators, a cotton gin, a creamery, a post office, a service station and garage and a telephone company." [1] and the post office closing in 1928.[2]
The town went into serious decline in 1922 when the St. Louis, El Reno and Western Railroad closed its depot in Lockridge, with most of the businesses closing over the next two decades,[3] and the post office closing in 1928.[4]
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (one of the oldest rural Catholic churches in Oklahoma) was open from 1891 to 1959,[5] until 1967 when the building burnt down, but the cemetery remains.[6]
Present
[edit]Today Four Counties Corner is in the process of transitioning from a rural community to a suburban one, with growing population in the area due to the well-known public schools in the area.
The Four Counties electric substationCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). of Western Farmers Electric Coop (built in 2021) is located one mile west of the quad-point and serves electric customers throughout the four county area.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Kuhlman, Judy "Intersection holds memories of passed away town's past" The Oklahoman (June 6, 1999)
- ^ "Lockridge, Oklahoma" Rootsweb
- ^ Kuhlman, Judy "Intersection holds memories of passed away town's past" The Oklahoman (June 6, 1999)
- ^ "Lockridge, Oklahoma" Rootsweb
- ^ "History of St. Patrick's" OKCemeteries.net
- ^ [1]
- ^ "More power to the people: Cimarron Electric Cooperative new substation nears completion east of Okarche" The Okarche Warrior (July 14, 2021)