Fanshawe is a town in Latimer and Le Flore counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

[4] The Le Flore County portion of Fanshawe is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Railroad executives and investors made an inspection trip on the newly built line; at each designated station a name was drawn from a hat, and that name was used to designate the new town.

[6] At the time of its founding, Fanshawe was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.

The racial makeup of the town was 78.65% White, 17.97% Native American, 0.78% Asian, and 2.60% from two or more races.