Fort Supply, Oklahoma
| Fort Supply, Oklahoma | |
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Artists Rendition of Fort Supply, 1869
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 Location of Fort Supply, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 36°34′20″N 99°34′26″W / 36.57222°N 99.57389°WCoordinates: 36°34′20″N 99°34′26″W / 36.57222°N 99.57389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Woodward |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| • Land | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,001 ft (610 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 330 |
| • Density | 1,700/sq mi (550/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 73841 |
| Area code(s) | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-27350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1092967 |
Fort Supply is a town in Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northwest of the city of Woodward, Oklahoma, the county seat. The population was 330 at the 2010 census.
United States Army post established Fort Supply post in 1868 as a "Camp of Supply" for the winter campaign that General Philip Sheridan led against the Southern Plains Indians. Fort Supply closed in 1894.
People established the town of Fitzgerald three miles west-southwest of the site of former Fort Supply in 1902, but this town quickly failed.
Rancher H. H. Halsell sold the land, one mile west of Fort Supply, to territorial legislator James P. Gandy. Gandy hired surveyors to plat the land for a town site and founded the town of Supply in 1903. He moved most of the original buildings of Supply from the recently failed town of Fitzgerald. Government established the first post office for the town of Supply on 12 May 1903. In the early years, area farmers and ranchers centered their economic trade around the town of Supply.
In 1908, State of Oklahoma transformed Fort Supply, the derelict army post, into Western Oklahoma Hospital, first state-operated mental institution of Oklahoma.
Flood Control Act of 1936 provided for construction of a dam and reservoir one mile southeast of the town in the valley of Wolf Creek. Work began on the largest earthen dam in the United States of America in October 1938 and completed Fort Supply Lake in May 1942. United States Army Corps of Engineers administers Fort Supply Lake and the adjacent wildlife and recreation area.
On 1 May 1943, people changed the name of the post office and town of Supply to Fort Supply.
On 6 December 1988, the State of Oklahoma located a new prison, William S. Key Correctional Center, on the grounds of nearby former Fort Supply. Western State Psychiatric Center continues operations there. Agriculture and employment at these state institutions ground the economic base of the community of Fort Supply.
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