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Eva is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located along State Highway 95, approximately two miles north of U.S. Route 412.[2]
History
The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad built through Eva by the end of 1930.[3] That line was abandoned in 1972,[4] but the Eva Woodframe Grain Elevator built along its tracks remains and is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma.[5]
Notable people
- Caroline Henderson (1877–1966), school teacher, farmer, author, lived on farm east of Eva
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eva, Oklahoma
- ^ "Eva, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Construction Strategies of Railroads in the Oklahoma Panhandle". Donovan L. Hofsommer, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 58, No 1, Spring 1980, pp. 82-89. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad". AbandonedRails.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Eva Wood-frame Grain Elevator". United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 7, 2021.