Bathsheba

Bathsheba is a ghost town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is one of 10 former communities in Oklahoma County on the federal names register. No county in Oklahoma has more among the 44 Oklahoma counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bathsheba as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Oklahoma before 1931 that mention “Bathsheba”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 9 pages in all.

• 1903-02-26The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Territory [okla.])
• 1908-01-07The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Territory [okla.])
• 1912-03-26The Vinita Daily Chieftain (Vinita, Indian Territory [okla.])
• 1912-03-29The Weekly Chieftain (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.)
• 1912-03-29The Weekly Chieftain (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.)
• 1915-02-26The Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, Okla.)

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