Floris, Oklahoma
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Floris 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 northwest Beaver 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.


History

The community was named after Floris Derthwick, who was the daughter of the townsite owner, Byron S. Derthwick.Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names'', Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.80. The Floris post office operated from August 7, 1903 to September 30, 1925. The Floris Grain Elevator, which was built along the tracks of the now-defunct
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 ...
, is on the
National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Beaver County, Oklahoma, Beaver C ...
.


References

Unincorporated communities in Beaver County, Oklahoma Populated places established in 1903 Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma 1903 establishments in Oklahoma Territory Oklahoma Panhandle {{Oklahoma-geo-stub