Limestone Gap, Oklahoma

Limestone Gap was an unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma. The town is now abandoned. A type of limestone is named after the site on Limestone Creek.[1]

Limestone Gap, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Limestone Gap, Oklahoma
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Limestone Gap, Oklahoma
Limestone Gap, Oklahoma (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°36′02″N 95°58′17″W
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyAtoka
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

A post office was established at Limestone Gap, Indian Territory on March 29, 1875. It closed on February 28, 1922. From September 22, 1897 to July 15, 1901 the name of the post office was Limestone. The area is now known as Gap.[2]

At the time of its founding, Limestone Gap was located in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation.[3]

Gravestones in a cemetery there had deaths dating from 1886 to 1940.[4] Charles LeFlore, a deputy US marshal, who served as captain of the Indian Police, had a ranch there.[5]

References
  1. "Limestone Gap (OKPAlg;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), pp. 125-126.
  3. Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.
  4. "Limestone Gap Cemetery, Atoka County, Oklahoma". www.okcemeteries.net. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  5. "Charles LeFlore - Fort Smith National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-21.



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