Moore, OK - 73160
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hamquilter
N 35° 19.966 W 097° 29.479
14S E 637115 N 3910990
Located just south of Oklahoma City, this post office serves a town of 55,000 plus residents.
Waymark Code: WMKWT5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2014
Views: 14
The Moore Post Office is located at 601 South I-35 Service Road. A post office was established in Moore just after the Land Run on May 27, 1889. Wikipedia reports:
The Moore post office was...named for Al Moore, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway employee. According to the town history he was a "conductor or a brakeman, lived in a boxcar at the camp and had difficulty receiving his mail. He painted his name - "Moore" - on a board and nailed it on the boxcar. When a postmaster was appointed, he continued to call the settlement Moore. When the town incorporated in 1893 the name was legalized."
In 1961 Moore annexed 21 square miles and became a full fledged city in 1962. Its population increased from 1,221 in 1960 to 55,081 in 2010. The Moore post office became a branch of the Oklahoma City post office in 1972.
This post office is open:
Mon-Fri: 8:30-5:00
Sat: 8:30 - 12:30
Closed on Sunday and holidays
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 73160
Current Status:: Still in Use
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