Mineral, Oklahoma

[2] In 1890, when the Panhandle became Beaver County of Oklahoma Territory, the town was one of only two communities in the area worth enumerating, having a population of 98.

[2] (Carrizo, just west over the line in New Mexico Territory, was the other, with 83 people; that settlement was later relocated a bit to the east into Oklahoma and renamed Kenton.

[1] In 1895 what was left of the settlement relocated a few miles south to be more accessible to general traffic and nearby ranches, and definitively changed names to become simply Mineral.

[2] By 1910, rail lines extended well into New Mexico and Colorado, and traffic along the Santa Fe Trail dropped considerably.

[1] Also by that time, the other towns in Cimarron County (namely Boise City, Kenton, Wheeless, Doby, and Mexhoma) all had their own post offices.