Mexhoma 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 ...

Cimarron County Cimarron County is the westernmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Boise City, Oklahoma, Boise City. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2020 census, its population was 2,296, making it the le ...

, in the U.S. state of

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. Located at the crossroads of N0020 Rd and E0200 Rd, the locale is about 27.3 miles west of the county seat of Boise City, and just one mile east of the New Mexico border.

History

A post office called Mexhoma was established in 1909, and remained in operation until its closure in 1942. Located near the state line, the community's name is a

portmanteau In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

of New Mexico and Oklahoma.

References

Unincorporated communities in Cimarron County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub