Limestone_Gap,_Oklahoma

Limestone Gap, Oklahoma

Limestone Gap, Oklahoma

Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States

Limestone Gap was an unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The town is now abandoned. A type of limestone is named after the site on Limestone Creek.[2]

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A post office was established at Limestone Gap, Indian Territory on March 29, 1875; it closed on February 28, 1922. From September 22, 1897 to July 15, 1901 the name of the post office was Limestone. The area is now known as Gap.[3]

At the time of its founding, Limestone Gap was located in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation.[4]

Gravestones in a cemetery there had deaths dating from 1886 to 1940.[5] Charles LeFlore, a deputy US marshal, who served as captain of the Indian Police, had a ranch there.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Limestone Gap, Oklahoma
  2. [2]
    "Limestone Gap (OKPAlg;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), pp. 125-126.
  4. [4]
    Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.
  5. [5]
    "Limestone Gap Cemetery, Atoka County, Oklahoma". www.okcemeteries.net. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Charles LeFlore - Fort Smith National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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