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Posey

Ghost town · Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Bixby quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:24,000)
Bixby quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Posey is a ghost town in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It is one of 2 former communities in Tulsa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 44 Oklahoma counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Posey as a historical populated place on the Bixby 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 35.9501° N, 95.9364° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBixby
Elevation660 ft
Nearest living townBixby, OK
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1852113
Coordinates35.95010, -95.93638

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What's there now

Posey is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bixby, OK (population 29,402), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 660 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 Posey?

Posey is in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, at 35.9501, -95.9364.

How many ghost towns are in Tulsa County?

Tulsa County, Oklahoma has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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