Clarkson was a small community located north of the
Cimarron River in
Payne County, Oklahoma Territory. Founded by
Dunkers (Church of the Brethren), the post office opened January 31, 1890, with Grant T. Johnson as the postmaster. The post office closed February 28, 1903. On January 3, 1894, members of the
Doolin Gang held up the community store and post office taking supplies, tobacco, cash, and registered mail.
The only remaining trace of the community is the cemetery.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Oklahoma
The U.S. state of Oklahoma has an estimated two thousand ghost towns. These towns began for a number of reasons, often as liquor towns, boomtowns, or mining towns, with some pre-dating statehood. The population and activity later declined in ...
References
Bibliography
*Foreman, Grant
"Early Post Offices" ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. 6:2 (June 1928) 155–162. (accessed March 16, 2007)
*Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. .
*Shirley, Glenn. ''Gunfight at Ingalls: Death of an Outlaw Town''. Stillwater, Oklahoma: Barbed Wire Press, 1990.
External links
Clarkson Cemetery—TopoQuest*
Geography of Payne County, Oklahoma
Ghost towns in Oklahoma
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