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Bixby is a city in Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma; it is a suburb of Tulsa. Its population was 28,609 at the 2020 census and 20,884 in the 2010 census, an increase of 36.99 percent [6] In 2010, Bixby became the 19th largest city in Oklahoma. It is nicknamed "The Garden Spot of Oklahoma" for its rich agrarian heritage.
There were 562 households, of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older ...
Falls Creek is the home of Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center. The former B. B. McKinney Chapel in Falls Creek was named in honor of Baylus Benjamin McKinney, the Louisiana native and Christian singer and composer of 149 gospel hymns. It was demolished in 2003-2004 for the construction of the new R.A. Young Tabernacle.
Eufaula is a city in and the county seat of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 2,813 at the 2010 census, an increase of 6.6 percent from 2,639 in 2000. [6]
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! is set in Claremore and the surrounding area, in 1906 (the year before Oklahoma became a state); it was based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by playwright Lynn Riggs who grew up on a farm in the Claremore area. [13] The Quantum Leap season 3 episode "8½ Months" is also set near Claremore.
The Moore post office turned into a branch of the Oklahoma City post office on January 7, 1972. [7] In the 1970s the city launched a "Smile America" campaign in which giant red, white and blue smileys were painted on the town water towers. A smiley also adorns the city's official logo (as does a water tower). [10]
B & B Grocery on the corner of the railroad tracks and 41st Street in Red Fork was one of the stores who were driven out of business during the infrastructure upgrades of the 1960s and 1970s, such as the city building the first heated bridge over the railroad tracks at 41st Street ending at Southwest Blvd. bypassing the B&B Grocery which made ...