Beggs, Oklahoma
| Beggs, Oklahoma | |
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| City | |
 Location of Beggs, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 35°45′20″N 96°2′17″W / 35.75556°N 96.03806°WCoordinates: 35°45′20″N 96°2′17″W / 35.75556°N 96.03806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Okmulgee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.3 sq mi (11.0 km2) |
| • Land | 4.3 sq mi (11.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,321 |
| • Density | 320.3/sq mi (123.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74421 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-05000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1089974 |
Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,321 at the 2010 census. Beggs was named for C.H. Beggs, vice president of the St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway.
Starting as a Frisco railroad stop in 1899, Beggs officially became a town on September 15, 1900 when its post office opened. It originally was a center for hog, cattle, and horse ranches in the area. In 1918 oil was discovered just to the west, and Beggs became an oil boomtown until about 1926. After that, corn, cotton, pecans, and stock raising became important local industries, but Beggs began a slow decline, going from an official population of 2,327 in 1920 to 1,531 in 1930 and 1,107 in 1970. The population has since shown some upward fluctuation, settling at 1,321 as of the 2010 census.
Beggs is located at 35°45′20″N 96°2′17″W / 35.75556°N 96.03806°W (35.755595, -96.038052). That puts Beggs approximately 30 miles south of the downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma and 4 miles west of U.S. Route 75, a major national north/south artery. U.S. Route 75 Alternate, the only such bannered route stemming from U.S. 75, is a former alignment of the mainline highway prior to 1959, and travels from Highway 75 west to Beggs before turning north at that town and continuing to Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The major east/west route through Beggs is Oklahoma State Highway 16.
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