Fox, Oklahoma

Fox is an unincorporated community in Carter County in southern Oklahoma, United States.[1] The post office was established January 25, 1894.[2] It is named for Frank M. Fox of the Chickasaw Nation.[2]

Fox, Oklahoma
Fox
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Fox
Fox (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°21′49″N 97°29′32″W
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyCarter
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1093003

Its racially integrated school produced several high school championship football teams, particularly in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Robert L. Lynn, the president from 1975 to 1997 of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, graduated in 1949 from Fox High School.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fox, Oklahoma
  2. Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.83.
  3. "Dr. Lynn is slated by Lions", Minden Press-Herald, Minden, Louisiana, September 24, 1975, p. 1


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