Locust Grove, Oklahoma Locust Grove, Oklahoma Location of Locust Grove, Oklahoma Location of Locust Grove, Oklahoma Locust Grove is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States.

Locust Grove is positioned at 36 11 50 N 95 10 1 W (36.197290, -95.166993). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all of it land.

Locust Grove was the site of a small Civil War battle on July 3, 1862, in which approximately 250 Union troops surprised and finished a similar-sized Confederate contingent, killing about 100 and capturing another 100 while sustaining only minimal losses.

Named for the grove of locust trees where this battle took place, a postal service was established March 26, 1873.

Native American Cherokee sculptor Willard Stone lived near Locust Grove; a exhibition dedicated to his work is now positioned on the site. Locust Grove is home to the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry.

Locust Grove Public Schools is a K-12 enhance school fitness positioned in Locust Grove, OK.

It serves the students from Locust Grove, Rose, and Peggs, OK.

Locust Grove also now has a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market where many Seniors at the High School get their first job.

The school fitness consists of four different schools: The Early Learning Center (Pre-K through 1st Grade), the Upper Elementary (2nd through 5th grades), the Middle School (6th through 8th grades), and the High School (9th through 12th grades).

Locust Grove High School is steeped in tradition.

Every year the first football game of the season is Locust Grove versus Salina in the Battle of 82 (highway).

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