Snow 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
Pushmataha County,
Oklahoma
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, United States,
18 miles northeast of
Antlers.
A
United States Post Office
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was established here on July 21, 1930 and was named for George Snow, local resident and
merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...
.
[George H. Shirk, ''Oklahoma Place Names'', p. 194; Post Office Site Location Reports, Record Group 28, National Archives.]
Located in the
Kiamichi Mountains, Snow was very isolated until construction and paving of
U.S. Highway 271 during the 1950s, connecting the area to
Nashoba and
Clayton to the north and Antlers to the south.
Snow is located along the upper reaches of Big Cedar Creek, which is almost always well watered and experiences reliable flow regardless of season.
Although Snow once supported a school, churches and more than one general store, it never developed into a commercial or trading center. Today, it no longer has a store but currently still has a post office. Its school children attend
public school in Antlers.
During recent years,
Snow School has been recognized as being of historical and architectural significance, and has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
References
Unincorporated communities in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
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