Lequire is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Haskell County,
Oklahoma
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, United States. Lequire is located at the junction of
state highways 31 and
82, south of
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.
A post office was established at Lequire, Indian Territory on December 12, 1906. It was named for P.H. Lequire, a local sawmill operator. The post office uses
ZIP code 74943.
At the time of its founding, Lequire was located in the
Moshulatubbee District
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of the
Choctaw Nation
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.
[Morris, John W. ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986), plate 38.]
Demographics
References
Unincorporated communities in Haskell County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Haskell County, Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Oklahoma
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