Alma
Unincorporated community
Alma is located in Oklahoma
Alma
Alma
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Alma is located in the United States
Alma
Alma
Alma (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°25′10″N 97°36′44″W / 34.41944°N 97.61222°W / 34.41944; -97.61222
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyStephens
Elevation
[1]
1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1089594[1]

Alma is a rural community located in southwestern Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The Alma Post Office, said to be named for Alma Peeples (an early-day resident),[2] was opened February 14, 1906.

At the time of its founding, Alma was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.[3]

The Alma School District was consolidated with the one at Velma.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alma, Oklahoma
  2. ^ Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987 ISBN 0-8061-2028-2
  3. ^ Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.
  4. ^ http://velma-alma.com/ Velma-Alma Schools


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