Page "Spiro, Oklahoma" Paragraph 1

In 1895-1896, the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad ( later owned by the Kansas City Southern Railroad ) established a station at the present site of Spiro, which it connected directly to Fort Smith, Arkansas, According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture this attracted residents from the nearby town of Skullyville and soon made Spiro the principal town in this area.

The town population was 543 in 1900.