Mounds, OK - 74047
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hamquilter
N 35° 52.470 W 096° 03.720
14S E 765250 N 3974016
Southwest of Tulsa, on old Highway 75
Waymark Code: WM98RX
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2010
Views: 2
The Mounds post office is located at 1201 Rockwood, and serves a community of approximately 1175.
Hours: M-F 8:00-12:00, 1:00-4:00
Sat. 9:00-11:00
Mounds was first named Twin Mounds, after the two hills that sit to the north and east of what used to be the Clarence Patrick farm, a location several miles northeast of present-day Mounds. When the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad extended its lines from Sapulpa to Texas, Twin Mounds wanted to be on the railroad as well.
The town was moved to a new site on the railroad known as Middle Mounds. Settlers ran into some difficulties when they tried to build a depot in Middle Mounds, and a plan was made to move the town to its present day location.
They again renamed the town, this time calling it Mounds and established a post office on April 19, 1898. Farming and stock raising industries attracted many new settlers. Mounds started a one-year high school, which graduated its first class in 1907. A total of sixteen people graduated that year, more students than both Sapulpa (four), and Tulsa (two).
Mounds enjoyed prosperity until the Great Depression; in 1924 the town's population was estimated at 2,000, but in 1950, the population had dropped to only 560. The town never recovered. (Wikipedia)
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 74047
Current Status:: Still in Use
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