Humphreys is an unincorporated community in southeast Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is located 7.5 miles southeast of Altus and six miles northeast of Tipton in adjacent Tillman County.[2][3] The old Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad passes through the community.[4] The community was founded in 1909 and named after a local rancher, James Humphreys.[3]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Humphreys, Oklahoma
- ^ Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 49 ISBN 0899332838
- ^ a b Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2nd ed., 1987, p.121.
- ^ Tipton, OK, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964 (1978 rev.)
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