Skullyville, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skullyville (also spelled Scullyville) is an unincorporated rural community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is approximately one mile east of Spiro and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The community is within the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Coordinates: 35°15′15″N 94°35′35″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Le Flore |
Established | 1832 |
Disestablished | 1917 |
Elevation | 509 ft (155 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1098103[1] |
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The name is derived from iskulli or iskuli, the Choctaw word for money, because originally this was the place where members collected their annuity payments at the Choctaw Agency.[2]