Lenna, Oklahoma

Lenna is a community in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office was established on January 4, 1902. It was named for Lenna Moore, a local Creek Indian.^[2]

Lenna
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°22′35″N 95°46′10″W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	McIntosh
Elevation [1]	630 ft (190 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	1100573[1]

Etymology

Lenna started with a newly established post office around Stidham. Local officials held a contest to name the post office. People were invited to submit names for a drawing to select a list of names to be considered. Tom Moore^[2] dropped into the box all the names of his children. His daughter Lenna's name was drawn, thus Lenna (Full name Lennie Doddy Moore^[3]), Oklahoma. The book "Oklahoma Place Names" lists Lenna as being named after a local Creek Indian.^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lenna, Oklahoma
2. family story of Lenna
3. Lenna Moore family tree

Further reading

• Shirk, George H.; Oklahoma Place Names; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .
• https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ok/lenna.html