Abandoned communities in Oklahoma no longer have permanent residents. Often no physical trace of the community remains. Many of these communities played important roles in the history, settlement, and growth of the state. Platted town sites organized by railroads, speculators, or the government during the opening of Oklahoma, many times, failed to prosper after initial settlement. Other communities grew up around rural schools, post offices, or general stores, and faded away when the attracting facilities closed. Several important Indian settlements developed around frontier forts, trading posts, Indian agencies, or where natural resources attracted permanent dwellings and dissolved when the Indian lands were opened. Oil boom towns also sometimes attracted thousands of people but disappeared when the boom ended.
Abandoned communities differ from "ghost towns", which may or may not have citizens, buildings, or civil governments, depending on which and whose definition is used.

Abandoned sites in Oklahoma are almost always located on private, state, tribal, or federal land, and trespassing laws apply.

See also List of cities in Oklahoma, List of towns in Oklahoma, List of unincorporated communities in Oklahoma, and List of Census Designated Places in Oklahoma.

A

Community	County	Citation
Alpha Alpha, Oklahoma Alpha is an unincorporated community in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. Its altitude is 1165 feet . The post office was established November 7, 1893, and closed December 14, 1903. The Alpha site is 5½ miles east of Omega....	Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.

B

Community	County	Citation
Bell Bell, Oklahoma Bell is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 602 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bell is located at ....	Le Flore County, Oklahoma.	USGS, Shirk.
Bethel Bethel, Oklahoma (disambiguation) Bethel may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Oklahoma:* Bethel, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in McCurtain County* Bethel, Comanche County, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community...	Grant County, Oklahoma.	Shirk.

C

Community	County	Citation
Charleston Charleston, Oklahoma Charleston is a ghost town in Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. Some of its buildings were moved to the nearby communities of Buffalo and Selman; others remain....	Harper County, Oklahoma.	USGS.
Chahta Tamaha Chahta Tamaha, Indian Territory Chahta Tamaha was an important town in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory that served as the Choctaw capital from 1863 to 1883. The town grew up around the Armstrong Academy. The townsite is located in present day Bryan County, Oklahoma. Today nothing is left of the town or the Academy...  (Choctaw Town)	present-day McCurtain County.	CofO.
Clarkson Clarkson, Oklahoma Clarkson was a small community located north of the Cimarron River in Payne County, Oklahoma Territory. Founded by Dunkers , the post office opened January 31, 1890, with Grant T. Johnson as the postmaster. The post office closed February 28, 1903...	Payne County, Oklahoma	Shirk.

D

Community	County	Citation
Doaksville	present-day Choctaw County.	Shirk.

G

Community	County	Citation
Grand Grand, Oklahoma Grand was the one-time county seat of Ellis County, Oklahoma. First established as Ioland to be the county seat of "E" County when the Cheyenne Arapaho reserve was opened, it was moved across the Canadian River and renamed Grand....	Ellis County.	Shirk.

H

Community	County	Citation
Hale, Oklahoma	Tulsa County.	USGS.
Harrison, Oklahoma	Sequoyah County.	Shirk.

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Community	County	Citation
Liberty, Oklahoma Liberty, Oklahoma Liberty is a town in Okmulgee and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 210 in the 2010 United States Census, compared to 184 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Liberty is located at ....	Canadian & Noble counties.	Shirk.

M

Community	County	Citation
Miller Court House Miller Court House Miller Court House, was the first post office located in what is now Oklahoma, United States. It was located in what was then Miller County, Arkansas Territory. The post office opened September 5, 1824, and was closed December 28, 1839. Miller Court House was the county seat of old Miller County...	present-day McCurtain County.	CofO.