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Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,846. [1] Enid is the county seat and largest city within Garfield County. [2] The county is named after President James A. Garfield. [3] Garfield County comprises the Enid, OK metropolitan statistical area. [4]
Enid's first courthouse opened on April 1, 1896. It consisted of a two-story brick building, which the County soon outgrew. Enid's second courthouse was built by O.A. Campbell of Oklahoma City in 1907 from Oklahoma granite and Indiana stone. The building was located in the center of Broadway, surrounded by sidewalks, and fully landscaped.
[5] [6] [7] The first Enid Armory was constructed in 1925 at Phillips University. The 189th Field Artillery Regiment of the Oklahoma National Guard was stationed at Phillips from 1921 to 1936. [ 8 ] On July 7, 1933, [ 9 ] Clyde and Buck Barrow [ 10 ] broke into the armory, stealing a cache of weapons and ammunition and a pair of binoculars. [ 9 ]
Oklahoma County Commissioners Brian Maughan, left, and Myles Davidson answer questions after a Board of County Commissioners meeting at the Oklahoma County Office Building in Oklahoma City, on ...
The paper continued to be published as the Enid Morning News from 1908 to 1916, the Enid Daily News from 1916 to 1923. [8] In February 1923, the papers were combined to form the Enid Publishing Company. Former Enid Mayor and Oklahoma Congressman Milton C. Garber served as editor and president. William M. Taylor, vice president and business ...
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The message resounded in Enid, a city nearly 100 miles north of Oklahoma City with just over 50,000 people. In 1980, more than 90% of the area's residents were white; now less than 3 in 4 are.
Enid (/ ˈ iː n ɪ d / EE-nid) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.It is the county seat of Garfield County.As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308.. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the Ki