Cushing, Oklahoma
| Cushing, Oklahoma | |
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| City | |
Pipeline Crossroads of the World monument (2006)
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| Nickname(s): "Pipeline Crossroads of the World" | |
| Motto: "Personal Connections. Global Impact." | |
 Location within Payne County and Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 35°58′57″N 96°45′51″W / 35.98250°N 96.76417°WCoordinates: 35°58′57″N 96°45′51″W / 35.98250°N 96.76417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Payne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.6 sq mi (19.8 km2) |
| • Land | 7.6 sq mi (19.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 935 ft (285 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,826 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 7,889 |
| • Density | 1,000/sq mi (400/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74023 |
| Area code | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-18850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1091897 |
| Website | City Website |
Cushing is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,826 at the 2010 census, a decline of 6.5 percent from 8,371 at the 2000 census.
The city was established after the Land Run of 1891 by William "Billy Rae" Little. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker. An oil boom that began in 1912 led to the city's development as a refining center.
Today, Cushing is a major trading hub for crude oil and a famous price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The area that would become Cushing was part of the Sac and Fox Reservation. With the Land Run of 1891, a former government trader for the tribe, Billy Rae Little, built a house, established his claim, and laid out town lots. The town got a post office on November 10, 1891 and was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker.
In 1902, the Eastern Oklahoma Railway line to Cushing was built. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway added service on its own line built in 1903.
Wildcatter Thomas B. Slick started an oil boom on March 17, 1912 when he brought in a gusher east of the town. Other wells were soon drilled nearby, and the oil field became known as the Cushing-Drumright Oil Field. The city became a center for exploration of and production from nearby oil fields and also a refining center, when Consumers Oil Company opened a refinery in 1913. Production centered on the new town of Drumright, and Cushing became a refining center. Eventually, 23 oil companies and five oil-field supply houses located in the town, and more than 50 refineries once operated in the Cushing area. Pipelines and storage facilities have since made it “the pipeline crossroads of the world.
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