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Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census . The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. [ 5 ]
Wintersmith Park is located on the southeastern edge of Ada. It is south of 18th Street, east of Scenic Drive and west of Country Club Road. The park contains 150 acres (0.61 km 2) of land, Wintersmith Lake, a public swimming pool and splash park, a lodge, courts for basketball, softball, volleyball and horseshoes, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) lighted trail, eight picnic pavilions, a playground, a dog ...
Location of Pontotoc County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Its county seat is Ada. [2] The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Pontotoc is usually translated "cattail prairie" or "land of hanging grapes." [3]
The Ada Arts and Heritage Center is a Colonial Revival styled building located at 400 South Rennie Street in Ada, Oklahoma. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Ada Public Library in 1989. [1] The building was built in 1939 to serve as the public library of Ada. In 1981, having outgrown this original building ...
Kullihoma Grounds consists of 1,500 acres (6,100,000 m 2) owned by the Chickasaw Nation, located 10 miles (16 km) east of Ada, Oklahoma. The land was purchased in 1936, and the Chickasaw built replicas of historic tribal dwellings on the site and uses it as a stomp ground. Historically, Chickasaw housing consisted of summer and winter houses ...
The F.W. Meaders House, at 521 South Broadway in Ada, Oklahoma, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] It was designed by local architect Albert S. Ross. It is Classical Revival in style. House was torn down by First Baptist Church, circa 2010. [2]
The Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway (OCAA) was formed from trackage from Oklahoma City to Atoka via Shawnee, Ada, and Coalgate, Oklahoma. [1] Atoka to Coalgate had been built between 1882 and 1886 as feeder to the old Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (Katy) main line, and Coalgate-Shawnee-Oklahoma City had been constructed by Katy affiliates, and specifically the first 40 miles ...