Rattan, Texas—located in Delta County, twenty-one miles southwest of Paris, Texas—was named for local postal officer Clarence V. Rattan in 1893. Following Oklahoma's statehood in 1907 a number of Delta County families relocated to the new Pushmataha County, among them Akins, Akards, and Helms. The Delta County family (or families) apparently establishing itself in Rattan has not been identified.Entry for Rattan, Texas appearing in the Handbook of Texas, available online at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrr06.
Rattan, Texas—located in Delta County, twenty-one miles southwest of Paris, Texas—was named, for local postal officer Clarence V. Rattan in 1893. Following Oklahoma's statehood in 1907 a number of Delta County families relocated to the new Pushmataha County, among them Akins, Akards, and Helms. The Delta County family (or families) apparently establishing itself in Rattan has not been identified.Entry for Rattan, Texas appearing in the Handbook of Texas, availab,le online at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrr06.