Owasso is a city in

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and

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region wit ...

Counties in the U.S. state of

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, and the largest northern

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. The population was 38,732 persons as of the 2021 census estimate, compared to 28,915 at the 2010 census, a gain of 32.24 percent."MuniNetGuide:Owasso." Retrieved July 22, 2011. Oklahoma
Originally settled in 1881 in

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, the town was incorporated in 1904 just before Oklahoma statehood and was chartered as a city in 1972.

History

Owasso began as a settlement in 1881, located in the Cooweescoowee District of the

Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation ( Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. ...

in Indian Territory, near what is now 66th Street North and North 129th East Avenue. It was called Elm Creek and was named for Elm Creek, a tributary of

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. The first settler was H.T. (Tole) Richardson. In June 1893, plans began for a rail line to be extended south from Bartlesville to the cattle ranches in the vicinity of Bird Creek. At that time, already several residences, a

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, and a general store were in the Elm Creek settlement. Preston Ballard, the owner of the general store, established a

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in the general store on February 10, 1898, and was appointed the first

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. The Joseph T. Barnes family moved to the settlement in 1897. Joseph and Luther Barnes bought the blacksmith shop in 1898.David J. McDonough and Marcia Boutwell, "Owasso" ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.
Accessed April 13, 2015. The first

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was opened in 1902 by Donovan Ranta. In 1897,

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, Oklahoma Central & Southwestern Railway Company acquired right-of-way about northwest of the Elm Creek settlement,

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to form a

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as a

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for the rail line, and built a depot about a mile south of the lake. The depot was torn down in 1942. Late in 1898, Joseph and Luther Barnes moved their blacksmith shop to the new community. The shop became a temporary home for the Joseph Barnes family. It was the first residence officially moved to the new depot community. In 1898, many of the residents and businesses moved from the Elm Creek settlement to the new community. Preston Ballard moved his post office and general store during that time. The new community became known as Elm Creek since the post office retained its name. The

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completed its line in 1899. Its parent company, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, took over the line and property. The first

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came into Elm Creek on November 1, 1899. As the land around the end of this railroad developed, the Osage Indian word Owasso, meaning "the end of the trail" or "turn around",Tulsa City-County Library Website: "Tulsa Area History: Tulsa County Communities" Accessed April 9, 201

was adopted to identify the area because the rail line ended in a turnaround "Y" near the depot. The name of the Elm Creek post office was officially changed to Owasso on January 24, 1900. The rail line was not extended into Tulsa until 1905. A plat of the original townsite of Owasso, Cherokee Nation, I.T. was signed by the Secretary of the Interior on March 26, 1904, in connection with the town's incorporation. That plat shows three streets running north and south and eight streets running east and west. The north-south streets were named Oklahoma, Kansas, and

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, and the east-west streets north of what is now Broadway were named for Union generals, while the east-west streets to the south were named for

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. These names were later changed; east-west streets are now identified by street numbers, and north-south streets are now named after trees. The original street names were changed to their present names around 1960. By the time Oklahoma became a state on November 16, 1907, Owasso had a population of 379 within the town limits. The first newspaper was ''The Owasso Ledger'' which was first published on August 7, 1903, by U. P. Wardrip. The subscription price was $1.00 per year, paid in advance. The Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company was granted a franchise on February 6, 1905, for the town's first

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. Until the first

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was erected in 1924, with

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as the water source, water came into town in

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from Owasso Lake and sold for $0.50 a barrel. Owasso was incorporated as a city on September 28, 1972.

Geography

Owasso is a northern suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma known as " Green Country" for its

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, hills, woods, and lakes, in contrast to the drier

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region of central and western Oklahoma. According to the

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, the city has an area of , 99.1% of which is

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, the remainder

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Climate

Owasso lies in

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and has a

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of the

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variety ( Köppen ''Cfa'') with a yearly average

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of and average

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of .Owasso, Oklahoma
Weatherbase.com. (accessed October 13, 2013)

Demographics

As of the census estimate of 2021, 38,732 people, 10,689

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, and 13,477 families are residing in the city. The

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is 2,259.5 people per

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(5,852.08/km). The racial makeup of the city is 76.6%

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, 4.7%

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, 5.8% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.1%

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, and 8.0% from two or more races.

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of any race are 5.4% of the population. The average household size is 2.81. In the city, the population is distributed as 37.6% under the age of 18 and 11.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The

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for a household in the city is $66,897. The

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for the city is $30,465. About 6.8% of the population is below the

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. Of the city's population over the age of 25, 33.8% hold a

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or higher.

Economy

Owasso became a

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in the 1950s for Tulsa, which was only away. As Tulsa expanded, so did the industry around Owasso, stimulating further growth. Industrial development proceeded through the 1980s and 1990s.

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included

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, with 9,000 employees, Nordam Group, with 700,

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, with 1,000 and MCI WorldCom with 2,200. Owasso is served by the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, which links to Tulsa, the Port of Catoosa, and points north.

Government

Owasso has a council-manager form of

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Media

Owasso's

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, the '' Owasso Reporter'' and the ''Owasso Progress'', are both published weekly. Until 2015, the ''Reporter'' was owned by Community Publishers, a newspaper and Internet publisher and commercial printer that serves Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas. On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the ''

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'' announced that its parent company

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, a division of

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, the

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-based investment holding company led by billionaire

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, had purchased several suburban newspapers, including the ''Owasso Reporter''. The ''Progress'' is owned by

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Notable people

Tommy Allsup Thomas Douglas Allsup (November 24, 1931 – January 11, 2017) was an American rockabilly and swing musician. Personal life Allsup was born near Owasso, Oklahoma in 1931, and was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. Allsup had a son, ...

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and

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, former MLB

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for the

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* Randy Brogdon, a former member of the

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of Owasso *

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and Trisha Yearwood,

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; lived on a

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east of Owasso for many years. * Dylan Bundy,

for the

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, 2011

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for the

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for the

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driver * Jo Anna Dossett, member of the Oklahoma Senate * Brian Flynn, MLB pitcher for the Kansas City Royals * Stacie L. Hixon, attorney and,

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on the

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, professional

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and

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, an offensive lineman with the

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, MLB

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, NBA player for the

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* Reese Mishler,

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, 2013

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sprint car champion * Paul Smith,

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; won

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at the

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, AEW

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and former

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wrestler,

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, model, actress and

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In popular culture

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Penny Arcade ''Penny Arcade'' is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. The comic debuted in 1998 on the website ''loonygames.com''. Since then, Holkins and Krahulik have establ ...

'' mentions Owasso when one of the two main characters, Tycho Brahe, confesses that he once killed an old woman and buried her there. The movie '' The Outsiders'' has the old Owasso High School (currently the Owasso 7th Grade Center) in the background. Another scene shows

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Owasso ( Main Street) in the background. Season 1 of the TLC show “ 90 Day Fiancé” features a couple, Russ and Paola, who is based in Owasso. Paola is Colombian and Russ is from Owasso. Many scenes take place in and around the town while they decide if they can get married within 90 days for Paola to gain

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City of Owasso official website
{{authority control Cities in Rogers County, Oklahoma Cities in Tulsa County, Oklahoma Cities in Oklahoma Tulsa metropolitan area Populated places established in 1881 1881 establishments in Indian Territory

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