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Oak Park Cemetery

Payne County
Location: on E0685 Road northeast of Ripley
Coordinates: 36.0221986, -96.8941217
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Land Openings; Settlement Patterns; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

At this site, Frank A. Shoup staked his claim for a homestead during the Sac and Fox land opening in September 1891. He later donated this plot as a cemetery to serve the Ripley community. The site contains approximately 880 burials, the oldest of which date back to the late 1800s.

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