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Anvil is a ghost town in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

History

The community was settled after the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, and named for an anvil-shaped rock near the town site. A post office was established at Anvil in 1892, and remained in operation until 1904.

See also

• List of ghost towns in Oklahoma

References

1. "Oklahoma's Strangely Named Towns". KWTV. Archived from the original on December 2, 2001. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
2. "Lincoln County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anvil Post Office (historical)

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County seat: Chandler
Cities	Chandler Prague Stroud‡
Towns	Agra Carney Davenport Fallis Kendrick Meeker Sparks Tryon Warwick Wellston
Unincorporated communities	Midlothian Parkland Rossville
Ghost towns	Anvil Avery
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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