Alfalfa, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, US}}

{{Distinguish|Alfalfa County, Oklahoma}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Alfalfa is an unincorporated residential village in western Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. Alfalfa is located on Oklahoma State Highway 58, {{convert|8|mi|km}} north of Carnegie and {{convert|9|mi|km}} south of Eakly. Fort Cobb Lake and state park are approximately five miles to the east.Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 40 {{ISBN|0899332838}}

The community was originally named "Boise," however, it was later changed to "Alfalfa" to avoid confusion with Boise City, Oklahoma. The community was so named on account of alfalfa fields near the original town site.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=12|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=8}} The town is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county.{{cite web|url= https://www.mygenealogyhound.com/maps/oklahoma-maps/ok-caddo-county-oklahoma-1911-map-rand-mcnally.html|title=Caddo County, Oklahoma 1911 Map|publisher=Rand McNally (accessed on MyGenealogyHound website)|accessdate=March 7, 2025}}