Alva, Oklahoma Alva, Oklahoma The "Charles Share" mural painted by artist Don Gray under commission from the Alva Mural Society in 2004. The "Charles Share" mural painted by artist Don Gray under commission from the Alva Mural Society in 2004. Location of Alva inside Oklahoma Location of Alva inside Oklahoma State Oklahoma Alva is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River.
The populace was 4,945 at the 2010 census. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is positioned in Alva. Alva was established in 1893 as a territory office for the Cherokee Outlet territory run, the biggest of the territory rushes that settled and central Oklahoma.
The site was chosen for its locale on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and likely titled for a barns attorney, Alva Adams, who had turn into governor of Colorado.
When the Southern Kansas Railway, began extending its line from Kiowa, Kansas athwart the Cherokee Outlet in 1886, Alva became the first barns station southwest of Kiowa.
The Secretary of the Interior chose Alva as the seat of County M when Oklahoma Territory was organized in 1890.
By then, Alva's 320 acres (1.3 km2) site had been formally surveyed and platted. Northwestern Territorial Normal School now Northwestern Oklahoma State University, was established in 1897 in Alva by the Territorial Legislature. During World War II, Alva was the site of a prisoner of war camp for German POWs.
On July 19, 1943, the United States Department of War ordered that Camp Alva would be the place for the internment of the most troublesome German prisoners of war "Nazi leaders, Gestapo agents, and extremists". Alva lost 200 citizens between 1990 and 2000 as stated to official census figures.
The Alva Review-Courier is presented Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Alva is also the locale of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections minimum-security Charles E.
Alva is positioned in the northeastern quadrant of Woods County, Oklahoma, 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Woodward, Oklahoma, 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Enid, Oklahoma and 119 miles (192 km) southwest of Wichita, Kansas. Its geographic coordinates are 36 48 7 N 98 39 57 W (36.801931, 98.665959). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), all land.
Climate data for Alva, Oklahoma As of the census of 2010, there were 4,945 citizens , 2,107 homeholds, 1,134 families residing in the city. The populace density was 2,100 citizens per square mile (800/km ).
There were 2,568 housing units at an average density of 1,110 per square mile (425/km ). Self-identified white inhabitants made up 90% of the population, with the remainder composed of 2% African American, 2.1% Native American, 1.1% Asian, less than 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2% from other competitions, and 2.7% from two or more competitions.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,288 citizens , 2,205 homeholds, and 1,261 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 2,228.6 citizens per square mile (861.5/km ).
There were 2,644 housing units at an average density of 1,114.3 per square mile (430.7/km ).
In the city, the populace was spread out with 18.9% under the age of 18, 21.7% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Alva is home to Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU), established in 1897 as a normal school. The college's chief building for a time was the "Castle on the Hill," a huge, fanciful brick building, modeled after a Norman castle, that towered over much of the town.
Northwest Technology Center is based in Alva.
The Alva Independent School District oversees the enhance schools in the Alva area.
Alva has an aldermanic form of government. Route 64 for one mile between College Boulevard (west) and Lane Boulevard (east) on Oklahoma Boulevard. Alva Regional Airport, a 650-acre general aviation facility owned and directed by the city, is immediately south of the town/city on the west side of U.S.
Alva is positioned on the Panhandle Subdivision of the Southern Transcon route of the BNSF Railway.
In January 2015 BNSF Railway announced an expansion universal to add a second track between Wellington, Kansas and Avard, Oklahoma passing through Alva as part of a $175 million expansion in the South Region.
See also: List of Northwestern Oklahoma State University notable citizens Lex Frieden, disability activist, was born in Alva.
Mitchell Gale, current quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was born in Alva and graduated from Alva High School.
Jack Ging, actor, was born in Alva.
Heaton, United States federal judge seated on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, was born in Alva.
Hugh Johnson, Army officer, businessman, speech writer, government official, journal columnist, graduated from Alva High School in 1897. Marilyn Mason, concert organist, was born in Alva.
Smith, former member of Oklahoma House of Representatives propel in 1954, was born in Alva.
Randy Terrill, former member of Oklahoma House of Representatives, was born in Alva.
Oklahoma portal National Register of Historic Places listings in Woods County, Oklahoma Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva Regional Airport "Alva City Mayor".
City of Alva.
"2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
"Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Alva, Oklahoma, United States".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
"Department of Transportation 2015 2016 Official State Map" (PDF).
Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
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