Enville is a community located in eastern Love County, Oklahoma, United States. A post office was established at Enville, Indian Territory on June 16, 1904, and closed January 15, 1935. The name is said to have been coined from a contraction of the phrase, "end of the road ville."[2]
At the time of its founding, Enville was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.[3]
Enville is the birthplace of noted Western actor, singer and composer, and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Bond.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enville, Oklahoma
- ^ George H. Shirk, Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), p. 73.
- ^ Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.
Sources
- Foreman, Grant. "First Post Offices Within the Boundaries of Oklahoma" Archived May 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Chronicles of Oklahoma. 26:2 (June 1948) p. 200. (accessed March 1, 2008)
- Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
- Thompson, Chuck; Robert Medley; Rhonda Shephard; researchers. "Singers, Songwriters, & Musicians & the Place They Call Home". Oklahoma Today Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Vol. 41 No. 1, February 1992, p. 22. (accessed March 1, 2008)
Municipalities and communities of Love County, Oklahoma, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| City |  | |
| Towns | ||
| CDP | ||
| Other communities | ||
| Indian reservation | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |