Do you know of Fort Reno ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fort Reno. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Fort Reno.<1>

Our sources for Fort Reno (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Fort Reno other than they indicate that Fort Reno would be found somewhere in Canadian County, Oklahoma.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1907.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Reno ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fort Reno:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fort Reno - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Reno.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 40/27250   (Place Name: Fort Reno)

County: Canadian     (FIPS State/County: 40/017)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Fort Reno) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Canadian County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Canadian County.