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Elk City is a city in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 11,561 at the time of the 2020 census , [ 4 ] a slight decrease from the 11,693 figure of the 2010 census . [ 5 ] Elk City is located on Interstate 40 and Historic U.S. Route 66 in western Oklahoma, approximately 110 miles (180 km) west of Oklahoma City and 150 ...
Beckham County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,410. [1] Its county seat is Sayre. [2] Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky [3] and the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky.
The newspaper has been in publication since 1901, six years prior to Oklahoma statehood. [2] The publication was previously owned by several members of the Wade Family of Elk City, including Elizabeth Wade (2011–2018), Larry R. Wade [1] (1969–2011), and Paul R. Wade [2] (193x–1972).
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Chabad of Elk Grove’s Light Up Elk Grove is 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Old Town Plaza, 9615 Railroad St., at Elk Grove Boulevard. All are welcome to the free event, co-sponsored by the city of Elk Grove.
The town was named for Amos Leedey, an early settler. [4] The post office opened January 6, 1900, with Amos Leedey as the first postmaster. [4] Leedey became a railroad town when the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway (later part of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad) completed a line in from Elk City in 1911, and the town incorporated that same year. [4]
Sayre is located on the North Fork of the Red River, at an elevation of 1,800 feet (550 m) and 128 miles (206 km) west of Oklahoma City. [7] The area is dominated by low rolling red clay hills. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.5 km 2 ), of which 0.019 square miles (0.05 km 2 ), or ...
The Casa Grande Hotel is a historic hotel located at the intersection of 3rd Street and historic U.S. Route 66 in downtown Elk City, Oklahoma. The hotel opened in 1928, shortly after Route 66 was designated, to lodge the growing number of travelers on the highway.