Historical Marker Program

Kingfisher

Kingfisher County
Location: on US-81, present grounds of the post office in Kingfisher
Coordinates: 35.8643008,-97.9328127
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Land Openings; Ranching; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907; Transportation

This was the US Land Office site for filing claims at opening of "Old Oklahoma," April 22, 1889; also, at opening of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands on April 19, 1892. J. C. Robberts was first Register and J. V. Admire, first Receiver. First post office, Lisbon, established April 20, 1899; name changed to Kingfisher, July 18, 1889.