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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.
Hennessey is located in northern Kingfisher County on the Chisholm Trail, the historic cattle trail on which is based today's U.S. Route 81.US 81 leads south 18 miles (29 km) to Kingfisher, the county seat, and north 20 miles (32 km) to Enid.
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 ...
Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.The population was 2,164 at the 2010 census, a 2.8 percent decline from the figure of 2,227 recorded in 2000.
The city of Bethany filed suit, but lost in an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision. [4] Warr Acres was a racially segregated community that used restrictive covenants and extra-legal means to prevent African-Americans from owning properties from its founding through the 1960's. [6] [7] [8]
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.
The town began as a railroad station for the Santa Fe railroad, and was originally named Alfred, for the son of an attorney. [5] The town is named for Zach Mulhall, father of Lucille Mulhall, who was the first official 'cowgirl' to actually compete against men in rodeo events and win.