Bailey is a

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in Grady County,

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, United States.

Geography

It was 12 miles northeast of Marlow.

History

The Bailey post office was established on June 25, 1892. It was named after J. J. Bailey, a wagon master on a stage line to

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. In 1902, a town

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was created. Bailey was soon home to a

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, Methodist church, school, a general store, a blacksmith shop, a drug store, and two doctors. The post office closed on September 30, 1932. By 1949, it was remarked that "there is nothing at this place to remind one of a former town."

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Ghost towns in Oklahoma Populated places in Grady County, Oklahoma {{US-ghost-town-stub

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