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English: A series of United States Indian reservation locator maps, constructed mostly with Tiger/LINE and BIA open data, with supplements from the Canadian and Mexican censuses. Generated on July 24, 2019.
Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.It covers almost 94,000 acres (38,000 ha). [2]The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. [3]
The U.S. Navy left the area in 1946. In 1954 the U.S. Air Force took over the site to train bomber pilots and the name was changed to Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base. In 1959 Clinton-Sherman became a bomber base housing B-52 Stratofortresses. The air force vacated the area in 1969.
The Fort Sill Army Radar Approach Control [ARAC] is the Army's Second busiest Air Traffic Control Facility, providing Radar Approach Control service to Henry Post Army Air Field, Lawton/Fort Sill Regional Airport, Duncan/Haliburton Airport and many smaller airports in the area. In 1999 the Army announced its intention to discontinue operation ...
Meers is an unincorporated community located on State Highway 115 in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, in the foothills of the Wichita Mountains.In 1901, Meers was founded as a gold prospecting town where it was named in honor of mine operator Andrew J. Meers from Cherokee County, Georgia.
The airport covers 1,300 acres (526 ha) at an elevation of 1,110 feet (338 m).Its single runway, 17/35, is 8,599 by 150 feet (2,621 x 46 m) concrete. [1]In the year ending December 31, 2022 the airport had 24,289 aircraft operations, average 66 per day: 63% military, 30% general aviation, 6% airline, and <1% air taxi. 53 aircraft were then based at this airport: 42 single-engine, 4 multi ...
Oklahoma State Highway 9 passes through the town, leading east 15 miles (24 km) to Anadarko, the county seat, and west 11 miles (18 km) to Carnegie. According to the United States Census Bureau, Fort Cobb has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km 2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2), or 1.57% of the town's area, is water. [8]
Elgin is a city in northeastern Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2010 census, a 78 percent increase from 1,210 at the 2000 census. [4] It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the site of Fort Sill National Cemetery.