Woodward, Oklahoma
| Woodward, Oklahoma | |
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| City | |
Main Street, c. 1910
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| Motto: "Energy For Life" | |
 Location of Woodward, Oklahoma |
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 Woodward, Oklahoma
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| Coordinates: 36°25′59″N 99°23′52″W / 36.43306°N 99.39778°WCoordinates: 36°25′59″N 99°23′52″W / 36.43306°N 99.39778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Woodward |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Manager Commission |
| • City Manager | Alan Riffel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.2 sq mi (34.2 km2) |
| • Land | 13.1 sq mi (34.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,909 ft (582 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,051 |
| • Density | 910/sq mi (350/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 73801-73802 |
| Area code(s) | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-82150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1100006 |
| Website | cityofwoodward.com |
Woodward is a city in and the county seat of Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the largest city in a nine-county area. The population was 12,051 at the 2010 census.
The area was historically occupied by the Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. European-American settlers established the town in 1887 after construction of the railroad to that point for shipping cattle to markets. The town was on the Great Western Cattle Trail. In the 19th century, it was one of the most important depots in the Oklahoma Territory for shipping cattle to the East. As an important cattle town, it had the rough frontier bawdiness of the time. The United States opened up much of the area to European-American settlement by the Land Run of 1893 and migrants rushed into the area.
Boiling Springs State Park, named for its artesian springs that seem to boil, has been established east of the city. After statehood, in 1911 Woodward was established as a court town for the US District Court of western Oklahoma. Annual federal dockets were held annually in November through 1948, and sporadically by need after that.
For thousands of years, succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples inhabited the areas along the North Canadian River. The Plains tribes adopted use of the horse from the Spanish settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries, which greatly increased their range of nomadic hunting. Before the American Civil War, the historic Plains tribes of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho occupied this area.
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