Enville, Oklahoma
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Enville is a small rural community located in eastern Love County, Oklahoma
. The Enville Post Office was established in the old Chickasaw Nation on June 16, 1904, and closed January 15, 1935. The name is said to have been coined from a contraction of the phrase, "end of the road ville."
Enville is the birthplace of noted Western actor, singer and composer, and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Bond
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Love County, Oklahoma
Love County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 8,831. Its county seat is Marietta.Love County is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma, Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
. The Enville Post Office was established in the old Chickasaw Nation on June 16, 1904, and closed January 15, 1935. The name is said to have been coined from a contraction of the phrase, "end of the road ville."
Enville is the birthplace of noted Western actor, singer and composer, and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Bond
Johnny Bond
Cyrus Whitfield Bond , known professionally as Johnny Bond, was a popular American country music entertainer of the 1940s through the 1960s.-Biography:...
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Sources
- Foreman, Grant. "First Post Offices Within the Boundaries of Oklahoma". Chronicles of Oklahoma. 26:2 (June 1948) p. 200. (accessed March 1, 2008)
- Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
- Thompson, Chuck; Robert Medley; Rhonda Shephard; researchers. "Singers, Songwriters, & Musicians & the Place They Call Home". Oklahoma Today. Vol. 41 No. 1, February 1992, p. 22. (accessed March 1, 2008)