Johns was a community in
Pushmataha County,
Oklahoma
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, United States, located north of
Antlers.
A
United States Post Office operated there from September 28, 1912, to May 15, 1915. It took its name from nearby
Johns Valley, which had been named for Henry A. Johns, a Choctaw Indian land allottee.
[George H. Shirk, ''Oklahoma Place Names'', p. 113; Post Office Site Location Reports, Record Group 28, National Archives.]
References
Geography of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Ghost towns in Oklahoma
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