Davidson, OK

Davidson is a town in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 241 residents. This area was opened for homesteading by a lottery held in 1901, and the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway promptly built a line in from Texas. A post office called Olds was established at the location on May 21, 1902; the name was changed to Davidson on June 20, 1903, named in honor of A. Davidson's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Oklahoma setting.

The local scoop is how Davidson's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Davidson is located at the junction of U.S. routes 70 and 183 in the southwestern part of Tillman County. Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area, roughly 11 miles east-northeast of Davidson, is a restored wetlands habitat which forms a managed location for both wildlife and recreation.