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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rubottom, Oklahoma

Rubottom is an unincorporated community in Love County, Oklahoma, United States.

A post office was established at Rubottom, Indian Territory on Aug. 14, 1902. It was named for William P. Rubottom, a prominent landowner and cotton gin operator. At the time of its founding, Rubottom was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.

The community is part of the Turner Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rubottom, Oklahoma
  2. ^ George H. Shirk. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), p. 183.
  3. ^ Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.