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Oklahoma Contemporary's monthly family-friendly event will celebrate the exhibit "Descendants of the Black 1000" and Black History Month, with a self-portrait activity, a group movement session ...
Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry (CBA/PBL) (2008–2011) 580 RollerGirls (2011–present) It was home to the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry , who last played in 2011, and the 580 RollerGirls, who started play in 2011.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 121,125, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is Lawton. [2] The county was created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory. [3] It was named for the Comanche tribal nation. [4] Comanche County is included in the Lawton, OK metropolitan statistical area.
On May 24–25, 1957, a tornado outbreak primarily affected the Western High Plains, Central Great Plains, and Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains of the United States. [nb 2] 45 tornadoes touched down over the area, most of which took place across northern and western Texas, in addition to southern Oklahoma.
Lawton was the former home to the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry, a basketball team. The team moved in 2007 from Oklahoma City to Lawton, where they won two Continental Basketball Association championships and a Premier Basketball League championship. [60] [61] In 2011, the Cavalry ceased operations in their second year in the PBL. [62]
KSWO-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Lawton, Oklahoma, United States, serving the western Texoma area as an affiliate of ABC and Telemundo.It is owned by Gray Media, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with American Spirit Media, owner of Wichita Falls, Texas–licensed CBS affiliate KAUZ-TV (channel 6), for the provision of certain services.
Lawton Area Transit System; Lawton Braves; Lawton High School; Lawton Open; Lawton Public Schools; Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry; Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport; Henry Ware Lawton; Lawton, Oklahoma minor league baseball history
The Museum of the Great Plains is a history museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. The museum’s major exhibits reveal the diverse cultures inhabiting the Great Plains region beginning with the arrival of the Paleo-Indians known as the Clovis culture at approximately 11,500 BCE.