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Enid (/ ˈ iː n ɪ d / EE-nid) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.It is the county seat of Garfield County.As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308.. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the Ki
Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,846. [1] Enid is the county seat and largest city within Garfield County. [2] The county is named after President James A. Garfield. [3] Garfield County comprises the Enid, OK metropolitan statistical area. [4]
ENID — About 100 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, the city of Enid is known for its wheat, its oil and gas and its Republicans. It’s been that way for decades. Enid is the Garfield county seat.
Judd Blevins lost his seat on Enid’s six-member City Council by 268 votes, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. Nearly 1,400 people turned out, about a quarter ...
Term start Term end Mayor 1893 John C. Moon 1894 James O. Fuqua 1894 Charles O. Wood 1895 S. R. Marshall 1897 1899 Joseph Meibergen 1899 1901
The Enid Library merged with the Garfield County Library in 1960. [5] By the late 1950s the library system had outgrown the Carnegie library, storing 60,000 books in a facility that was built to hold 20,000 books, [ 6 ] and the building itself was falling into desrepair as the oldest government building in the city. [ 7 ]
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) is a museum in Enid, Oklahoma, that focuses on the history of the Cherokee Outlet and the Land Run of September 16, 1893. Previously named the Museum of the Cherokee Strip , the museum has undergone renovations expanding the museum space to 24,000 square feet. [ 1 ]
The paper continued to be published as the Enid Morning News from 1908 to 1916, the Enid Daily News from 1916 to 1923. [8] In February 1923, the papers were combined to form the Enid Publishing Company. Former Enid Mayor and Oklahoma Congressman Milton C. Garber served as editor and president. William M. Taylor, vice president and business ...