Redden was a town located in northeastern
Atoka County, Oklahoma
Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,143. Its county seat is Atoka. The county was formed before statehood from Choctaw Lands, and its name honors a Choctaw Chief named ...
, United States, on
State Highway 43, approximately 13 miles northeast of
Stringtown.
The
Postal Service
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal sy ...
established a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
at Redden, Indian Territory on June 1, 1903, in what was then
Atoka County, Choctaw Nation
Atoka County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Pushmataha District, or Third District, one of three administrative and jud ...
. It was named for John A. Redden (1873), a local resident who was appointed the first
postmaster
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...
. The Statehood Proclamation was signed November 16, 1907. The post office at Redden, Oklahoma, was closed permanently on October 31, 1954.
References
External links
RoadsideThoughts.com - A visit to Redden, Oklahoma - with county map
Geography of Atoka County, Oklahoma
Ghost towns in Oklahoma
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
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