Gibbon | |
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Coordinates: 36°56′34″N 97°58′56″W / 36.94278°N 97.98222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Grant |
Gibbon is a populated place in Grant County, Oklahoma. [1] [2] It is southeast of Manchester and northwest of Wakita. [3]
While never formally incorporated, the town was given a post office on March 26, 1896 by early settler William H McGibbon, to which he attached the “Gibbon” name. [4] Located on a rail line, the town had two grain elevators, two general stores, a railroad depot, a lumber yard, a cheese factory, a stockyard and a hotel by 1915. [4] Unfortunately, the highway ( Oklahoma State Highway 132) bypassed the town, and the drought in the 1930s was hard on the farmers in the area. [4] Businesses left, and the post office closed in 1945. [4] Few vestiges of a town remain. [4]
Gibbon | |
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Coordinates: 36°56′34″N 97°58′56″W / 36.94278°N 97.98222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Grant |
Gibbon is a populated place in Grant County, Oklahoma. [1] [2] It is southeast of Manchester and northwest of Wakita. [3]
While never formally incorporated, the town was given a post office on March 26, 1896 by early settler William H McGibbon, to which he attached the “Gibbon” name. [4] Located on a rail line, the town had two grain elevators, two general stores, a railroad depot, a lumber yard, a cheese factory, a stockyard and a hotel by 1915. [4] Unfortunately, the highway ( Oklahoma State Highway 132) bypassed the town, and the drought in the 1930s was hard on the farmers in the area. [4] Businesses left, and the post office closed in 1945. [4] Few vestiges of a town remain. [4]