Alma is a rural community located in southwestern Stephens County,

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, United States. The Alma Post Office, said to be named for Alma Peeples (an early-day resident), was opened February 14, 1906. At the time of its founding, Alma was located in

Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation Pickens County was a political subdivision of the Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory from 1855, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state in 1907. The county was one of four that comprised the Chickasaw Nation. Following statehood, its terr ...

. The Alma School District was consolidated with the one at Velma.http://velma-alma.com/ Velma-Alma Schools

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Unincorporated communities in Stephens County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub