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Shamrock (Meskwaki: Shêmwâkeki [5]) is an unincorporated town in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States, located on Oklahoma State Highway 16 south of Drumright and west-northwest of Bristow. [6] The population was 65 at the time of the 2020 census. [ 7 ]
In Oklahoma, streamwater is defined to include “water in ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and playa lakes” [2] (or dry lakes). Streamwater is considered to be publicly owned; the Oklahoma Water Resources board is responsible for appropriation for all areas of the State of Oklahoma except the Grand River basin, where the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) has responsibility for allocation on a use ...
In 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railway Company (later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway), [4] connected Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. [3] The present Creek County was established at the time of statehood, with a population of 18,365. The town of Sapulpa was initially designated as the county seat.
The first call came into the Pasadena Fire Department about 6:40 p.m. from a house on Canyon Close Road, which hugs the west rim of Eaton Canyon and abuts the Altadena area.
Carson, Mary. Guide to Treasure in Oklahoma Volume 1. 144. Shirk, George (1987). Oklahoma Place Names. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2. "Ghost Towns," Vertical File, Research Division, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City. Gorremans, Richard (2023). "Ghost Towns In Oklahoma - Washington County". Amazon/KDP Books.
J.D. Strong (born 1971) is a civil servant from the U.S. state of Oklahoma and the current executive director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB). As executive director of the OWRB, Strong is responsible for carrying out the agency's mission to protect and enhance the quality of life for Oklahomans by managing and improving the state's water resources to ensure clean and reliable ...
Drumright is 26 miles (42 km) west of Sapulpa, 42 miles southwest of Tulsa and 76 miles northeast of Oklahoma City at the junction of State Highways 16, 33 and 99. [5] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19.5 km 2 ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km 2 ), or 0.19%, is water.
In 1912, the discovery well, the Wheeler No. 1 Oil Well came in near Drumright for wildcatter Thomas Baker Slick, Sr. [1]. Peak production was in May 1917 at 310,000 barrels per day, accounting for two thirds of the refinable crude oil production in the western hemisphere during that time, and provided twenty percent of the petroleum sold in the United States in 1915-1916.