Babbs, Oklahoma

Babbs, Oklahoma
Babbs Switch
Unincorporated community
Babbs is located in Oklahoma
Babbs
Babbs
Location within Oklahoma and the United States
Babbs is located in the United States
Babbs
Babbs
Babbs (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°56′54″N 99°03′34″W / 34.94833°N 99.05944°W / 34.94833; -99.05944
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyKiowa
Elevation
[1]
1,536 ft (468 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
1
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1100186[1]

Babbs (formerly named Babbs Switch) is a community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.[2] It was named for Edith "Babbs" Babcock.[3] [a] Babbs is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of Hobart, and is at an elevation of 1,535 feet (468 m).[4]

Babbs was the scene of the Babbs Switch Fire on December 24, 1924, in which 36 people died in a school fire.

Notes

  1. ^ According to Shirk, the community was named for Babbs because she was the first person to deliver a load of wheat to the newly constructed grain elevator at the switch,[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 1100186
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Babbs, Oklahoma
  3. ^ a b Shirk, George H. "Babbs." In: Place Names in Oklahoma. Second Edition. p. 15. 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman, Oklahoma. Accessed October 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Babbs(in Kiowa County, OK) Populated Place Profile." OKHometownLocator.


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