Cumberland is an
unincorporated community and
census-designated place in
Marshall County,
Oklahoma
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, United States.
It is about 12 miles east of
Madill, Oklahoma off
Oklahoma State Highway 199, and is both north and west of nearby
Lake Texoma
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. The population was 315 as of the
2020 Census.
A post office was established at
Cumberland
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, Indian Territory on March 31, 1894. It was named for Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, an organization active in local mission work.
At the time of its founding, Cumberland was located in
Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.
[Charles Goins, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.]
Cumberland Cove (now known as
Texoma Shores Resort in Texoma region) is the community's main tourism driver, where fishing and swimming are the primary activities of interest.
References
Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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