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Ponca City (Iowa-Oto: Chína Uhánⁿdhe) [5] is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 24,424 in the 2020 census , [ 6 ] down from 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census .
Kay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 43,700. [1] Its county seat is Newkirk, [2] and the largest city is Ponca City. Kay County comprises the Ponca City micropolitan statistical area. It is in north-central Oklahoma on the Kansas state line.
The highway crosses into the state from Texas west of Arnett and serves many towns and cities in the northern part of the state, including Arnett, Seiling, Fairview, Enid, Ponca City, Pawhuska, Bartlesville, and Vinita. US-60 exits Oklahoma near Seneca, Missouri. In Oklahoma, US-60 has three business routes, serving Tonkawa, Ponca City, and Seneca.
In 1950, the nation organized a new government under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. Ponca leaders adopted the Ponca Constitution on 20 September 1950. [17] Today, the Ponca Tribe is headquartered in White Eagle, Oklahoma and conducts business from Ponca City.
White Eagle was named for the Ponca principal chief, White Eagle (ca. 1840-1914), who led the Ponca to their reservation in Indian Territory. [3] Other names for the town are Ponca, White Eagle Agency, and Whiteagle. [2]
Oklahoma is a state located in the Southern United States. [1] According to the 2020 census, Oklahoma is the 28th most populous state with 3,959,353 inhabitants but the 19th largest by land area spanning 68,594.92 square miles (177,660.0 km 2) of land.
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was a 110,000-acre (45,000 ha) cattle ranch in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma before statehood. Located near modern-day Ponca City, it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893. [4]
Cherokee Outlet, then County Q in Oklahoma Territory [61] The Skidi Pawnee Native American people: 27.83 15,864: 570 sq mi (1,476 km 2) Payne County: 119: Stillwater: 1890: County 6 in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, renamed to Payne County in 1907 [62] David L. Payne, the key figure in opening Oklahoma to white settlement: 121.50 83,352: 686 sq mi ...