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Hockerville

Ghost town · Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Picher quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000)
Picher quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hockerville is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It is one of 7 former communities in Ottawa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 44 Oklahoma counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hockerville as a historical populated place on the Picher topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.9940° N, 94.7811° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePicher
Elevation853 ft
Nearest living townBaxter Springs, KS
Distance to it3.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1093811
Coordinates36.99396, -94.78106

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What's there now

Hockerville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Baxter Springs, KS (population 3,863), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 853 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Hockerville?

Hockerville is in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, at 36.9940, -94.7811.

How many ghost towns are in Ottawa County?

Ottawa County, Oklahoma has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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