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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 ...
Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 2,762 as of the 2020 United States census . [ 5 ] Mangum was originally part of Old Greer County in the Texas panhandle .
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).
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 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]
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.
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State Highway 6, abbreviated SH-6 or OK-6, is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs in a 121.8 miles (196.0 km) crescent through the southwestern part of the state, running from the Texas state line north of Quanah, Texas , to SH-152 in the unincorporated town of Sweetwater .