Bison is an

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and

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(CDP) located on US Highway 81 in Garfield County,

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, United States, consisting of a town plat. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 65. The community was named for nearby Buffalo Springs,Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. a historic stagecoach stop and a watering hole on the

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located about a mile north of Bison.Rockwell, Stella, ed. "Bison", ''Garfield County'', pgs 862-864The Chisholm Trail
, ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society Bison is home to a Catholic community, part of St. Joseph's parish under the

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. The church was erected in 1909, followed by a two-story brick school building operated by the Sisters of the Divine Providence from 1911 to 1934, when the Adorers of the Blood of Christ took over. Bison's economy is agricultural and oil-based with oil wells on several farms and grain elevators by the Bison Cooperative Association, Star Mill and Burrus Mill companies. Bison was home to Bison State Bank from 1900 until 1933, when it closed due to the

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. The Hotel Woodring was established in 1900 by Irvin and Ella Woodring, the parents of Irvin "Bertie" Woodring, for whom

Enid Woodring Regional Airport Enid Woodring Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mile, mi, 7 kilometre, km) southeast of the central business district of Enid, Oklahoma, Enid, a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, G ...

is named. The post office opened on August 31, 1901. The Bison Mercantile Company was originally established as a grocery store by W.J. Scrichfield in 1900 and operated until 1958 when it was purchased by the Bison Cooperative Association. The co-op was established in 1920, the same year that Oklahoma Gas & Electric brought electricity to the town.

Geography

Bison is located in southern Garfield County on the west side of US Highway 81, which leads north to Enid, the

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, and south to Hennessey. According to the

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, the Bison CDP has an area of , all land.

Climate

Demographics

Education

Its

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Waukomis Public Schools Waukomis is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,286 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.0 percent from 1,261 in 2000. References External linksWaukomis Public Schools {{authority control Towns in Garf ...

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