Dale is an

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and

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located on State Highway 270 in Pottawatomie County,

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, United States. It lies in the

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bottom, a few miles northwest of

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. The population was 175 at the time of the 2020 Census, a slight decrease over the 2010 census figure of 186. Dale was platted along the Rock Island railroad line before statehood. The Dale Post Office opened October 26, 1893. It was initially named King in honor of John King, an Absentee-Shawnee Indian who owned the allotted land on which the community was founded. The community was renamed in 1895, for Frank Dale, the second Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court (1893-1898).

Demographics

Education

It is in the Dale Public Schools school district.
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Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. . Unincorporated communities in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma Census-designated places in Oklahoma Populated places established in 1893 1893 establishments in Oklahoma Territory {{Oklahoma-geo-stub