Eva 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
Texas County,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States. It is located along
State Highway 95, approximately two miles north of
U.S. Route 412.
History
The
Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad
The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad (BM&E) extended from Beaver, Oklahoma to Keyes, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Panhandle, about 105 miles. It was chartered in 1912, and abandoned in 1972.
History
The BM&E started as an effort by the citizens ...
built through Eva by the end of 1930.
That line was abandoned in 1972,
but the Eva Woodframe Grain Elevator built along its tracks was added to the
.
Notable people
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Caroline Henderson (1877–1966), school teacher, farmer, author, lived on farm east of Eva
See also
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References
Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
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