Alma, Oklahoma

Alma
Unincorporated community
Alma is located in Oklahoma
Alma
Alma
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Alma is located in the United States
Alma
Alma
Alma (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°25′10″N 97°36′44″W / 34.41944°N 97.61222°W / 34.41944; -97.61222
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyStephens
Elevation
[1]
1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1089594[1]

Alma is a rural community located in southwestern Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The Alma Post Office, said to be named for Alma Peeples (an early-day resident),[2] was opened February 14, 1906.

At the time of its founding, Alma was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.[3]

The Alma School District was consolidated with the one at Velma.[4]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alma, Oklahoma
  2. ^ Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987 ISBN 0-8061-2028-2
  3. ^ Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.
  4. ^ http://velma-alma.com/ Velma-Alma Schools