Gypsy, Oklahoma
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, US}}
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Gypsy is an unincorporated community in Creek County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.{{GNIS|1100470}} It is about twelve miles south-southwest of Bristow.{{cite web|url= https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bristow,+OK/Gypsy,+OK+74028/@35.7709765,-96.4932511,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x87b6aca43b309e11:0xfc2c671d52bff632!2m2!1d-96.391118!2d35.8306334!1m5!1m1!1s0x87b3fe4fa3c5315f:0x72c370f0a487d328!2m2!1d-96.4589119!2d35.71184|title=Bristow, Oklahoma to Gypsy, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}
History
A post office called Gypsy was established in 1925, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OK&county=Creek | title=Creek County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=2 March 2015}} Gypsy's local community took its name from the Gypsy Oil Company.{{cite book|last=Shirk|first=George H.|title=Oklahoma Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpAmsIFdutAC&pg=PA107|date=1 January 1987|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-2028-7|page=107}}
References
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{{Creek County, Oklahoma}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Creek County, Oklahoma
Category:Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Category:Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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