Hockerville, Oklahoma

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Hockerville, Oklahoma
Hockerville, 1918
Hockerville, 1918
Hockerville, Oklahoma is located in Oklahoma
Hockerville, Oklahoma
Hockerville, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 36°59′38″N 94°46′52″W / 36.99389°N 94.78111°W / 36.99389; -94.78111Coordinates: 36°59′38″N 94°46′52″W / 36.99389°N 94.78111°W / 36.99389; -94.78111
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyOttawa
Elevation853 ft (260 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1093811[1]

Hockerville, Oklahoma is a ghost town in northern Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] The community was located just south of the Kansas-Oklahoma border between Picher to the west and Baxter Springs, Kansas, to the northeast.[2]

Picher-Cardin Public Schools, which was the local school district, closed in 2009.[3] The area was placed into Quapaw Public Schools.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hockerville, Oklahoma
  2. ^ Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 27 ISBN 0899332838
  3. ^ Gillham, Omer; Stogsdill, Sheila (2009-05-17). "Picher school says farewell to last 11". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Ottawa County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-03-29. - Compare to the highway map.
  5. ^ "Ottawa County" (PDF). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
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