Copan, OK - 74022 - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

The Copan post office is located at 207 S. Caney in this town of 826 just south of the Kansas border.

Hours: M-F 8:30-12:00, 1:30-4:00
Closed Saturday

A trading post was on the present townsite during the 1880s, and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station was constructed there in 1899. Although the depot was named after the ancient Honduran city of Copan, the settlement was called Lawton after the establishment of its post office in 1900. Lawton was renamed Weldon in 1901, and Weldon adopted the depot's designation in 1904.

The petroleum industry was a boon to Copan's early economy. In 1904 the Prairie Oil and Gas Company laid Oklahoma's first trunk pipeline. The six-inch line extended from Bartlesville through Copan to Humboldt, Kansas. The Copan Oil Field, discovered in 1907, included some eight square miles and had nearly twenty-two hundred wells by 1915.

The Copan School District was established in 1906. Copan's students were reportedly the first in Oklahoma to be transported to school in horse-drawn wagons.

Copan was devastated by fire in 1906, 1911, and 1912. Because of nearby Hulah and Copan lakes, Copan's present economy is based upon tourism and recreation. The 1983 completion of Copan Lake brought renewed community growth, including a new post office.

Type of structure:: Stand alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 74022 Current Status:: Still in Use

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