Garvin, OK

Garvin is a tiny community of 147 people in southeastern Oklahoma's McCurtain County, near the Arkansas border. Reach it via US Highway 70 east-west or State Highway 3 north-south, with Interstate 30 about 45 miles southeast. The area sits in dense pine and hardwood forests typical of this transition zone between Oklahoma's plains and Arkansas's wooded hills. The post office doubles as an informal community center where locals gather.