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Bethany is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Bethany has a population of 20,831 at the 2020 census , a 9.3% increase from 2010. The community was founded in 1909 by followers of the Church of the Nazarene from Oklahoma City.
Bethany Public Schools was organized as School District No. 88 on December 27, 1910. Among its first trustees were J.W. Vawter and U.D.T. Murray, father of Wm. H. Murray, former governor of Oklahoma. Bonds were voted in the amount of $2,000 to erect the first building, a concrete-block, one-room structure, in 1910–11.
Eldon Lyon Park is the largest park owned and operated by the city of Bethany, Oklahoma. It contains many picnic tables, basketball courts, and a 1 1 ⁄ 2 mile track running around the perimeter of the park. During the 4th of July, the park is home of the Bethany Freedom Celebration. The Freedom Celebration includes rides, food, crafts booths ...
[b] The lake is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Bethany [2] and 4.4 mi (7.1 km) from Yukon. Lake Overholser is named after Ed Overholser who was the 16th Mayor of the City of Oklahoma City . [ 3 ]
Yukon was founded by A.N. Spencer in 1891 [6] and was named for the Yukon River which flows from British Columbia, across the Yukon, and into Alaska. [7]Spencer, a cattleman from Texas turned railroad builder, was working on a line from El Reno to Arkansas when he decided to build the town. [8]
On the night of June 19, 1992, a robbery occurred at a convenience store in Oklahoma City, resulting in the death of the store owner, who was shot two robbers. [2]On that night, at around 10:15 p.m., 31-year-old Kenneth Meers, the owner of the convenience store, was working with two employees, Tony Hulsey and Hulsey's brother, Danny Waldrup.
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States.It is a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Central Oklahoma.The population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States Census, a 16% increase from 2010.
Duncan is a city in and the county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] Its population was 22,310 at the 2020 census.Centrally located in Stephens County, Duncan became the county seat after Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907.