Graham is an unincorporated
community
A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...
located in
Carter 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.
[ According to the 2000 U.S. Census it had a population of 158.]
History
A post office was established at Graham, Indian Territory on June 16, 1891.[George H. Shirk. ''Oklahoma Place Names'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), p. 91.]
At the time of its founding, Graham was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation
Pickens County was a political subdivision of the Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory from 1855, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state in 1907. The county was one of four that comprised the Chickasaw Nation. Following statehood, its ter ...
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References
Towns in Oklahoma
Towns in Carter County, Oklahoma
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