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Meno (Oklahoma) is a small town about 16 miles (25 km) west of Enid in [[Major County (Oklahoma, USA)|Major County]], [[Oklahoma (USA)|Oklahoma]], in a wheat-growing area. Most of the 175 inhabitants of 1956 were Mennonites of Polish and Russian Mennonite descent, and members of the [[New Hopedale Mennonite Church (Meno, Oklahoma, USA)|New Hopedale Mennonite Church]] ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]). (In 2000 the population was 195.) The [[Oklahoma Bible Academy (Meno, Oklahoma, USA)|Oklahoma Bible Academy]] was located here until 1983 when it moved to Enid. "Meno" is a corruption of "Menno" (after [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]]). 

In 1956 the town had a grain elevator with a capacity of 190,000 bushels and could easily handle 300,000 bushels per year. It handled also flour, feed, coal, fertilizer, and other commodities. It also had a good bank which had deposits in 1956 of $707,354.93 and the depositors were guaranteed up to $10,000.
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