Floris is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in northwest Beaver County,

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

, United States.

History

The community was named after Floris Derthwick, who was the daughter of the townsite owner, Byron S. Derthwick.Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names'', Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.80. The Floris post office operated from August 7, 1903 to September 30, 1925. The Floris Grain Elevator, which was built along the tracks of the now-defunct

Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad (BM&E) extended from Beaver, Oklahoma to Keyes, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Panhandle, about 105 miles. It was chartered in 1912, and abandoned in 1972. History The BM&E started as an effort by the citizens ...

, is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Beaver County, Oklahoma Populated places established in 1903 Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma 1903 establishments in Oklahoma Territory Oklahoma Panhandle