Milo is a community located in
Carter 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.
It is on
State Highway 53
The following highways are numbered 53:
Cambodia
* National Road 53 (Cambodia)
Canada
* Alberta Highway 53
India
* National Highway 53 (India)
Ireland
* N53 road (Ireland)
Italy
* Autostrada A53 (Italy), Autostrada A53
Japan
* Japan Natio ...
, south of the
Arbuckles
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. The post office opened October 28, 1899.
[Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names'', Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.141.] It was later closed. The current ZIP Code is 73458 assigned to Springer. Milo is said to have been a portmanteau of the initials of the four daughters of resident J.W. Johnson.
References
Unincorporated communities in Carter County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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