Spring Creek, Oklahoma
Encyclopedia
Spring Creek is an unincorporated community
in Caddo County
, Oklahoma
, United States
, four miles south of Cogar
. It has a cemetery, church, schoolhouse, and general store still standing. The cemetery and church are still used. The remaining general store
(there were once two at the same time) is now a house. The schoolhouse is block and was built around the turn of the 20th century. The surrounding area is very sand
y and features much red rock.
Portions of the movie Rain Man
were filmed here.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Caddo County
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Caddo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 30,150. Its county seat is Anadarko. It is named after the Caddo tribe who were settled here on the 1870s...
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, four miles south of Cogar
Cogar, Oklahoma
Cogar is a small unincorporated rural community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office was established March 25, 1902, and discontinued September 30, 1954. The exterior of the abandoned W.S. Kelly gas station and general store in Cogar can be seen in the 1988 movie, "Rain Man"....
. It has a cemetery, church, schoolhouse, and general store still standing. The cemetery and church are still used. The remaining general store
General store
A general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...
(there were once two at the same time) is now a house. The schoolhouse is block and was built around the turn of the 20th century. The surrounding area is very sand
Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
y and features much red rock.
Portions of the movie Rain Man
Rain Man
Rain Man is a 1988 drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son,...
were filmed here.