Eram is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Okmulgee County in the U.S. state of
Oklahoma
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.
It is located approximately five miles east of
Morris
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,
to the north of
US Highway 62. It appears on a 1911 Rand-McNally map of the county.
The town had a post office starting in 1913, but ending in 1950.
The name of Eram is "reportedly derived from the initials of the four children of Ed Oates: Eugene, Roderick, Anthony, and Marie".
References
Unincorporated communities in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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