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In the 1884 election campaign for sheriff of Sugar Loaf County, Bob Benton and Charles Wilson ran against each other. Benton and Jack Crow shot and killed Wilson outside the county courthouse near
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A post office opened at Gilmore, Indian Territory, on June 30, 1890. It closed on January 15, 1918. It was named for Rad Gilmore, a local mill operator.
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The surrounding area consists primarily of farmland and forest situated in the Poteau River Valley region between Sugar Loaf Mountain, Oklahoma Peak, and
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The primary population of Gilmore lives around the intersection of Nail Creek Road and Gilmore Road just east of
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On November 22, 1983, an F3 tornado hit the town after traveling 16 miles from Reichert and
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilmore, Oklahoma
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Today, the town is located in Choctaw Nation, District 4.
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Unincorporated communities in Le Flore County, Oklahoma
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Church until the church burned down in the late 2000s.
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Sugarloaf Mountain with Gilmore, Oklahoma in foreground
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Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States
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Unincorporated community
Double Branch Baptist Church in Gilmore, c. 1960
Gilmore is located in Oklahoma
Gilmore is located in the United States
35°3′5.71″N 94°31′27.12″W / 35.0515861°N 94.5242000°W / 35.0515861; -94.5242000
Country
State
Oklahoma
County
Le Flore
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
Area code(s)
FIPS code
GNIS
unincorporated community
Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Poteau
Monroe
Baptist

Cavanal Hill
Poteau River
Sugar Loaf County
Moshulatubbee District
Choctaw Nation

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