Retrop is a community in
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 located on the
Washita/
Beckham county line. It is located at the southern junction between
State Highway 6 and
SH-55. Retrop receives its name from the original community (Old Retrop, ) which is one mile south and one mile east in Washita County near the Retrop Cemetery. The Retrop Post Office (located at Old Retrop) existed from January 12, 1900, until February 28, 1905. The name is a reverse spelling of the surname of the first postmaster, Ira J. Porter.
[Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. , p 204.]
See also
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List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms
These are geographic anagrams and anadromes. Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word. Anadromes (also called reversals or ananyms) are other names or words spelled backwards. Technically, a reversal is also an anagram, b ...
References
Unincorporated communities in Beckham County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Washita County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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