Editing Dougherty, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
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The community was first known as Henderson Flat.  On September 3, 1887, a post office was established here and called Dougherty, Indian Territory.  The post office took its new name from banker William Dougherty of Gainesville, Texas.<ref>George H. Shirk.  ''Oklahoma Place Names'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), p. 65.</ref>

At the time of its founding, Henderson Flat, later Dougherty, was located in [[Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation]].<ref>Charles Goins, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.</ref>

As of 1900, Dougherty was a [[sundown town]] where African Americans were not allowed to live and could only visit on business in daylight.<ref>{{cite news|title=Told by Telephone|work=[[The Ardmoreite|The Daily Ardmoreite]]|location=Ardmore, Indian Territory|date=May 7, 1900|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29070418/|via=Newspapers.com|quote=The [[Davis, Oklahoma|Davis]] people should send their bad negroes to this place. Negroes are not allowed to live in the corporate limits of Dougherty and none are allowed in town except on business and not for any cause are they allowed here after night.}}</ref>