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Welcome to Phroso ...

So far, we found very little information about Phroso. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Phroso to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Phroso, please Contact Us.

Phroso would have been located within present day Major County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phroso, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Phroso is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Phroso was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Phroso was located: 580

Communities near Phroso ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Phroso.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Phroso. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phroso.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Phroso. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phroso.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Phroso. See our Newspapers Page for Phroso.

Adding Phroso to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phroso in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Phroso was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Phroso post office opened in 1900.

We also found Phroso on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phroso.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Phroso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Major, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phroso - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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