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SH-171 (OK)
State Highway 171, abbreviated as SH-171, is a state highway in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in the Oklahoma Panhandle. It runs for north and south through the eastern part of the county, connecting U.S. Highway 287 near the Oklahoma-Texas state line to US-56 in Keyes. The only other highway it intersects with is US-64/ 412/SH-3, three miles (5 km) south of Keyes. SH-171 has no lettered spur routes. SH-171 was established circa 1974 with its present-day routing and termini, and may have initially been numbered SH-170. It had assumed its current number by 1976. Route description State Highway 171 begins at US-287 near Kerrick, Texas, northwest of the Texas state line. From the southern terminus, SH-171 heads due north. Approximately north of the terminus, SH-171 crosses the intermittent Beaver River (a local name for the North Canadian River). As the route continues north, it passes to the east of two intermittent lakes, Ritner Lake and Sampsel Lake. The highway then com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerrick, Texas
Kerrick is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Dallam County, Texas, Dallam County, Texas, United States. History First settled in 1906, the community lies in the extreme northeastern part of the county near the Oklahoma state line. It is named after Harrison S. Kerrick, a railroad official and colonel in the United States Army, who owned land in the vicinity. The town's post office was established in 1933, and is still in operation. During World War II, Kerrick had the only designated airport between Amarillo and Denver, Colorado. References External linksHandbook of Texas Online Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Dallam County, Texas {{DallamCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US-64 (OK)
U.S. Route 64 (US-64) is a U.S. highway running from the Four Corners area to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Between these two points, the highway passes through the entire width of Oklahoma; a total of of US-64 lies in the state of Oklahoma. US-64 enters the state from New Mexico, crossing the line between the two states between Clayton, New Mexico, and Boise City in Cimarron County. The route runs the full length of the Oklahoma Panhandle, then serves the northernmost tier of counties in the main body of the state before dipping southeastward to Tulsa, the state's second-largest city. From Tulsa, the highway continues southeast, leaving Oklahoma just west of Fort Smith, Arkansas. In addition to Tulsa, US-64 serves fifteen Oklahoma counties and the cities of Guymon, Woodward, Enid, and Muskogee. US-64 has been a part of the United States Numbered Highways system from the program's inception in 1926. US-64's route has remained roughly the same since then, althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkhart, Kansas
Elkhart is a city in and the county seat of Morton County, Kansas, Morton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,888. The south edge of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state border, and the city is from the Kansas-Colorado border. History Elkhart was founded in 1913, and was named after Elkhart, Indiana. Elkhart was the starting point of the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway. This line, both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was built in 1925 to Felt, Oklahoma, and extended into New Mexico in 1932; but, was abandoned in 1942. In 1961, the county seat was moved from Richfield, Kansas, Richfield to Elkhart. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Climate Elkhart has a semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates, cool semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen ''BSk'') characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford, Texas
Stratford is a town in Sherman County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,017 at the 2010 census, up from 1,991 in 2000. It is the county seat of Sherman County. History The city is named for Stratford, Virginia. Geography Stratford is located at (36.336158, –102.071451). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.3 km), all of it land. The Rita Blance National Grasslands are due west. Climate Stratford has a semi-arid climate (BSk) with long, hot summers and short, cool, and somewhat snowy winters. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,939 people, 702 households, and 554 families residing in the city. 2000 census At the 2000 census there were 1,991 people, 722 households, and 535 families living in the city. The population density was 980.2 people per square mile (378.7/km). There were 794 housing units at an average density of 390.9/sq mi (151. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US-56 (OK)
U.S. Route 56 (US 56) is an east–west United States highway that runs for approximately in the Midwestern United States. US 56's western terminus is at Interstate 25 Business (I-25 Bus.), US 412 and New Mexico State Road 21 (NM 21) in Springer, New Mexico and the highway's eastern terminus is at US 71 in Kansas City, Missouri. Much of it follows the Santa Fe Trail. Route description The highway passes through New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. The eastbound shoulder also touches a corner of Texas at a small road junction near the New Mexico/Oklahoma border. New Mexico US 56 runs concurrent with US 412 for its entire length in New Mexico, and are signed as such through the state. The two routes begin in Springer and head east towards Abbot, where they serve as the northern terminus of State Road 39. Continuing east, US 56/412 meet the southern terminus of NM 193 south of Farley, the northern terminus of NM 120 east of Gladstone, and the southern terminus of NM 453 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guymon, Oklahoma
Guymon ( ) is a city and county seat of Texas County, in the panhandle of Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,965, an increase of 13.3% from 11,442 in 2010, and represents more than half of the population of the county.Larry O'Dell, "Guymon," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed August 4, 2015 Cattle feedlots, corporate pork farms, and natural gas production dominate its economy, with wind energy production and transmission recently diversifying landowners' farms. History In the 1890s, Edward T. "E.T." Guymon, president of the Inter-State Land and Town Company, purchased a section of land west of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boise City, Oklahoma
Boise City ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Cimarron County, in the Oklahoma Panhandle, Panhandle of Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,166 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, a decline of 7.9 percent from 1,266 in 2010. History Boise City was founded in 1908 by developers J. E. Stanley, A. J. Kline, and W. T. Douglas (all doing business as the Southwestern Immigration and Development Company of Guthrie, Oklahoma) who published and distributed brochures promoting the town as an elegant, tree-lined city with paved streets, numerous businesses, railroad service, and an artesian well. They sold 3,000 lots to buyers who discovered, on their arrival, that none of the information in the brochure was true. In addition to using false publicity, the three men did not have title to the lots they sold. Stanley and Kline were convicted of mail fraud and sent to United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Leavenw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SH-3 (OK)
State Highway 3, also abbreviated as SH-3 or OK-3, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Traveling diagonally through Oklahoma, from the Panhandle to the far southeastern corner of the state, SH-3 is the longest state highway in the Oklahoma road system, at a total length of via SH-3E ( see below). Route description In the northwest Highway 3 begins at the Colorado state line north of Boise City, Oklahoma. At this terminus, it is concurrent with US-287/ US-385. It remains concurrent with the two U.S. Routes until reaching Boise City, where it encounters a traffic circle which contains five other highways. After the circle, US-385 splits off, and SH-3 overlaps US-287, US-56, US-64, and US-412, though US-56 and US-287 both split off within the next . In Guymon, US-64 splits off. At Elmwood, US-270 joins US-412, coming from a concurrency with State Highway 23. SH-3 remains concurrent with US-270 through Watonga. In Seiling, US-183 leaves the concurrenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US-412 (OK)
U.S. Route 412 (abbreviated US-412) is a U.S. highway in the south-central portion of the United States, connecting Springer, New Mexico to Columbia, Tennessee. A section of the highway crosses the state of Oklahoma, traversing the state from west to east. Entering the state southwest of Boise City, Oklahoma, Boise City, US-412 runs the length of the Oklahoma Panhandle and serves the northern portion of the state's main body, before leaving the state at West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma, West Siloam Springs. Along the way, the route serves many notable cities and towns, including Boise City, Guymon, Oklahoma, Guymon, Woodward, Oklahoma, Woodward, Enid, Oklahoma, Enid, and the state's second-largest city, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa. US-412 has two tolled sections, both of them in Oklahoma—the Cimarron Turnpike and the Cherokee Turnpike. The tolled portions of the highway are operated by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA), with the remainder of the route maintained by the Oklahoma D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Canadian River
The North Canadian River is a river, long, in Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Canadian River, draining an area of U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset/Watershed Boundary Dataset, area data covering North Canadian River watershed (4-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes 1110), viewed iThe National Map accessed 2019-09-25 in a watershed that includes parts of northeastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the river flowing through Oklahoma City was renamed the Oklahoma River in 2004. Course The North Canadian River is formed by the confluence of the Beaver River and Wolf Creek, northeast of the town of Fort Supply in Woodward County, Oklahoma. It flows generally eastward and southeastward, through Woodward, Major, Dewey, Blaine, Canadian, Oklahoma, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, and McIntosh counties, through the cities and towns of Woodward, Oklahoma City, and Shawnee. It is dammed near Canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyes, Oklahoma
Keyes is a town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. History Keyes was established in 1925 by the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway (both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway).Young, Norma Gene"Keyes,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed June 17, 2015. The company named the town after a deceased railroad engineer. The line is now part of the Cimarron Valley Railroad. Keyes was also the final destination of the Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad, which reached town from the east on June 25, 1931. That line was abandoned in 1972. Geography Keyes is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Keyes is at the intersection of U.S. Route 56 and the northern terminus of Oklahoma State Highway 171. Keyes is approximately 16 miles northeast of the Cimarron County seat, Boise City, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaver River (Oklahoma)
The Beaver River is an intermittent river, long, in western Oklahoma and northern Texas in the United States. It is a tributary of the North Canadian River, draining an area of U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset/Watershed Boundary Dataset, area data covering Beaver River watershed (6-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes 111001 and 111002), viewed iThe National Map accessed 2019-09-25 in a watershed that extends to northeastern New Mexico and includes most of the Oklahoma Panhandle. Course The Beaver River is formed in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, by the confluence of Corrumpa Creek and Seneca Creek and flows generally eastward throughout its course. From Cimarron County it dips southward and flows for through Sherman County, Texas, then returns to Oklahoma for the remainder of its course, flowing through Texas, Beaver, Harper, Ellis, and Woodward Counties. The river passes to the north of the city of Guymon, continues through the Optima Lake project, where it is joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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