Allen, OK - 74825
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hamquilter
N 34° 52.690 W 096° 24.965
14S E 736163 N 3862578
Allen ranching and agricultural town 19 miles northeast of the county seat of Ada.
Waymark Code: WM98XN
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2010
Views: 3
The Allen post office is located at 107 S. Easton, and serves this town of 1000.
Hours: M-F 9:00-12:00, 1:30-3:45
Sat. 9:00-9:30
(Wikipedia) The town was founded in 1883 by a group of white settlers who had arrived in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory in 1882 from Gainesville, Texas, led by Confederate Army veteran Doctor John Trigg Gilmore, his wife, children, and relatives William and George McCall, with their families. They first settled in Cold Springs, northwest of the present townsite, where other settlers soon joined them. The first log cabin was built in Allen in 1883, and this building was used as both a school and church. The town was named after the son of deputy United States Marshal William McCall.
On April 9, 1892, Dr. Gilmore became Allen's first postmaster and founded the town's first Masonic Lodge two years later.
The Missouri, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railway built a line through the area in 1909, although it bypassed Allen, by a half-mile.
Allen became a boomtown in 1913, when an oil well was drilled west of the town. The population rose from 645 in 1910 to 1,389 in 1930, but dropped to 907 in 1970. Its principal industries besides petroleum are ranching and agriculture.
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 74825
Current Status:: Still in Use
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