Octavia, Oklahoma Explained

Octavia is an unincorporated community on the Choctaw Reservation, in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.

History

A post office was established at Octavia, Indian Territory on October 29, 1898. It closed on September 30, 1953. It took its name from Octavia Lewis, its first postmaster.[1]

At the time of its founding, Octavia was located in Nashoba County, a part of the Apukshunnubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1965), p. 153.
  2. Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.

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