In the past, as more and more people settle in Southern Oklahoma, they started organizing communities and towns. Around1887 a railroad was built between Oklahoma City and Gainesville, Texas.
Towns such as Davis, Berwyn, Ardmore Overbrook, Orinne, Marietta, Bomar and Thackerville were established along the railroad.
Orinne was one of those railroad towns. It was established in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, and operated as a post office starting June 13, 1895, under postmaster James W. Burrows.
“Acie Stater and family of Overbrook visited here a part of last week.” (1)
Orinne, organized in 1895, was located about one-half mile Northeast of what is now the Greenville community. It was very near the railroad and had a post office, businesses, homes, a cemetery and a school. It is not know if Orinne had a Rail Depot but we do know that trails did stop there, and the post was collected on the move as the train would come by. It was never incorporated as a city under stat/territory laws.
“Orinne has organized a literary society, which meets Saturday night. It is largely attended from this section and all report a real good time.” (1)
The settlement was located approximately 6 miles north of what is now Marietta. The settlement underwent an official name change on December 4, 1902, when it became Greenville. Today, Greenville exists as an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Love County, Oklahoma.
“G. W. Freeman went to Ardmore Tuesday on Business.” (1)
The area has an interesting historical context, as it was part of what was originally Recording District Number 26, Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory before Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907. The post office at this location was eventually discontinued in 1909.
(1) The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 103, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1900 Page: 3 of 4
