Carrier, OK - 73727
Posted by: 
hamquilter
N 36° 28.534 W 098° 01.259
14S E 587704 N 4037143
On Highway 132, 7 miles northwest of Enid
Waymark Code: WM9DFF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2010
Views: 7
The Carrier post office is located at 101 E. Main, in this small town of 80 folks.
Hours: M-F 7:15-1:00, 3:00-4:30
Sat: 7:30-9:00
With the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893, settlers filed for homesteads in this area. Wheat became the most important cash crop.
From a dispersed rural community, the town began to grow. A Congregational church group completed a building in 1895, the town's first building. Solomon Carrier, who erected the area's first store in 1895, was appointed postmaster on May 22, 1897. The railroad was completed in 1904.
The community provided appropriate services for an agriculture-based economy: two grain elevators, two blacksmiths, a lumberyard, and a hardware store. Travelers were served by a hotel and a livery stable. A 1909 state gazetteer credits Carrier with a bank, Congregational and Lutheran churches, and a telephone exchange. The Carrier Monitor informed the residents in the early 1900s. An oil boom in pre-World War I Garfield County provided jobs in the petroleum industry, a trend that continued through the twentieth century.
Carrier's 1980 population of 259 had declined to 77 by the year 2000. Many residents commute to work in nearby Enid. [ Source: Oklahoma Historical Society]
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 73727
Current Status:: Still in Use
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