Lane, OK

Lane is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 300 residents. A post office was established at Lane, Indian Territory on October 6, 1902. Its name reflects the fact the new post office was located in a building which was at the end of lane bounded by rail fencing. Lane'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 Lane's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. At the time of its founding, Lane was located in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation, a territorial-era government unit.