Pine Ridge, Oklahoma
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Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community
in Caddo County
, Oklahoma
, United States
, located 6 miles south and 1/2 mile west of Fort Cobb
. During the community's heyday in the 1940s there was a hub of activity at the main junction of the Ozark Trail and the Fort Cobb road with a Grocery Store, and two churches (Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, and Pine Ridge Church of Christ (which later merged into the Fort Cobb Church of Christ, but today only the Baptist
Church building remains (which is now used as a barn).
According to locals, the community got its name from the community of Pine Ridge, Arkansas
that was the setting of the radio show Lum and Abner
which aired from 1934-1952. Legend says that the owner of the grocery store named it "Pine Ridge" after the radio show and over time the name was adopted as the name of the whole community.
Pine Ridge is located at the junction of the blacktop road going directly south from Fort Cobb and the old Ozark Trail
(an early predecessor to Route 66
).
The Pine Ridge Community mostly consists of wheat and hay farming and cattle ranching. There is also a winery east of Pine Ridge on the Ozark Trail (Woods and Waters Winery and Vineyard
). Greenfield Mennonite Church is also still active in the community and is located 6 miles west and 2 miles south of the Pine Ridge corner. There is a small cemetery on the church grounds as well.
Public school students in Pine Ridge attended school at Broxton
until the school district was consolidated with Fort Cobb
in the 1990s. Telephone numbers for the Pine Ridge area are split between the Fort Cobb
and Apache
prefixes.
Pine Ridge is in State House District 56 and in State Senate District 26.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Caddo County
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Caddo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 30,150. Its county seat is Anadarko. It is named after the Caddo tribe who were settled here on the 1870s...
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, United States
United States
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, located 6 miles south and 1/2 mile west of Fort Cobb
Fort Cobb, Oklahoma
Fort Cobb is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 667 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fort Cobb is located at ....
. During the community's heyday in the 1940s there was a hub of activity at the main junction of the Ozark Trail and the Fort Cobb road with a Grocery Store, and two churches (Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, and Pine Ridge Church of Christ (which later merged into the Fort Cobb Church of Christ, but today only the Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Church building remains (which is now used as a barn).
According to locals, the community got its name from the community of Pine Ridge, Arkansas
Pine Ridge, Arkansas
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at .The original name was Waters, but the name was changed in 1936 to Pine Ridge through a vote of the city's town council...
that was the setting of the radio show Lum and Abner
Lum and Abner
Lum and Abner was an American radio comedy network program created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff that aired from 1931 to 1954. Modeled on life in the small town of Waters, Arkansas, near where Lauck and Goff grew up, the showed proved immensely popular...
which aired from 1934-1952. Legend says that the owner of the grocery store named it "Pine Ridge" after the radio show and over time the name was adopted as the name of the whole community.
Pine Ridge is located at the junction of the blacktop road going directly south from Fort Cobb and the old Ozark Trail
Ozark Trail (auto trail)
The Ozark Trail was a network of locally maintained roads and highways organized by the Ozark Trails Association that predated the United States federal highway system. The roads ran from St. Louis, Missouri, to El Paso, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a series of routes. These roads were...
(an early predecessor to Route 66
U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 was a highway within the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926 -- with road signs erected the following year...
).
The Pine Ridge Community mostly consists of wheat and hay farming and cattle ranching. There is also a winery east of Pine Ridge on the Ozark Trail (Woods and Waters Winery and Vineyard
Woods and Waters Winery and Vineyard
Woods and Waters Winery and Vineyard is the first commercial winery in Caddo County, Oklahoma. It is located on the old Ozark Trail southwest of Anadarko and east of the community of Pine Ridge.The winery was established in 1998 as part of a ranch...
). Greenfield Mennonite Church is also still active in the community and is located 6 miles west and 2 miles south of the Pine Ridge corner. There is a small cemetery on the church grounds as well.
Public school students in Pine Ridge attended school at Broxton
Broxton, Oklahoma
Broxton is an unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. Broxton had an independent school district until the 1990s, but it was consolidated into the Fort Cobb-Broxton school district....
until the school district was consolidated with Fort Cobb
Fort Cobb, Oklahoma
Fort Cobb is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 667 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fort Cobb is located at ....
in the 1990s. Telephone numbers for the Pine Ridge area are split between the Fort Cobb
Fort Cobb, Oklahoma
Fort Cobb is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 667 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fort Cobb is located at ....
and Apache
Apache, Oklahoma
Apache is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA. The population was 1,616 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Apache is located at ....
prefixes.
Pine Ridge is in State House District 56 and in State Senate District 26.