Ardmore, Oklahoma For other places with the same name, see Ardmore .
Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore ok dt1.jpg Official seal of Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore, Oklahoma is positioned in the US Ardmore, Oklahoma - Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore is a business, cultural, and tourism town/city in and the governmental center of county of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 24,283, with an estimated populace of 24,950 in 2013. The Ardmore micropolitan statistical region had an estimated populace of 48,491 in 2013. Ardmore is 90 miles (140 km) from both Oklahoma City and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S.
Ardmore is situated about 9 miles (14 km) south of the Arbuckle Mountains and is positioned at the easterly margin of the Healdton Basin, one of the most oil-rich regions of the United States.
Ardmore was titled after the well-to-do Philadelphia suburb and historic Pennsylvania Main Line stop of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, which was titled after Ardmore in County Waterford, Ireland, by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1873.
The name "Ardmore" is Irish for high grounds or hills.
Main and Washington streets, downtown Ardmore Ardmore, Indian Territory, began with a plowed ditch for a Main Street in the summer of 1887 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.
Dalton was gunned down by a posse as he tried to flee from his home in Ardmore.
A large fire in 1895 finished much of the fledgling town, which forced inhabitants to rebuild nearly the entire town. In the early 1900s, Ardmore became well known for its abundance of cotton-growing fields and eventually became known as the world's biggest inland cotton port.
After the fields were stripped of their fertility, however, the town/city found itself positioned next to one of the biggest petroleum fields ever produced in Oklahoma, the Healdton Oil Field.
After its discernment in 1913, company doers and wildcatters flooded the area, and Carter County quickly became the biggest oil-producing county in Oklahoma, and has remained so ever since. Ardmore has remained an energy center for the region ever since, with the region's natural richness giving birth to such energy giants as Halliburton and the Noble Energy companies, among others.
Ardmore also learned the perils of being energy-rich with yet another disaster in 1915, when a barns car including casing gas exploded, killing 45 citizens and destroying much of downtown, including areas rebuilt after the 1895 fire. The disaster, which made nationwide news, gave inhabitants the resolve to establish the city's first fire department to ensure that such affairs would not recur in the future.
The town/city has not experienced any primary setbacks since the 1915 fire, save a 1995 tornado that nearly finished the Uniroyal Goodrich (now Michelin) tire plant in west Ardmore.
On April 22, 1966, Ardmore was the site of the worst plane crash in Oklahoma history, which killed 83 citizens . Ardmore became nationally famous in 2003 when 52 Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives, known as the Killer Ds, left Texas for Ardmore to deny the Republican-controlled House a quorum when Republicans attempted to pass a redistricting plan for U.S.
Panorama looking east, downtown Ardmore Ardmore is positioned in southeastern Carter County at 34 10 52 N 97 07 46 W (34.181240, -97.129363). It is bordered to the west by the town/city of Lone Grove and to the east by the town of Dickson.
By Interstate 35, which passes through the west side of Ardmore, Oklahoma City is 97 miles (156 km) to the north, while Fort Worth, Texas, is 103 miles (166 km) to the south.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Ardmore has a total region of 51.8 square miles (134.1 km2), of which 49.9 square miles (129.2 km2) is territory and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), or 3.67%, is water. Ardmore is positioned about 10 miles (16 km) south of the Arbuckle Mountains, an ancient, eroded range spanning some 62 mi (100 km) athwart southern Oklahoma.
The geology is highly variegated inside the area, with uplifted and closed ridges visible inside the shoreline of some of the lakes encircling Ardmore.
The town/city of Ardmore has no intracity streams or rivers, but is part of the Washita and Red River watersheds, with two tributaries, Caddo and Hickory creeks, flanking the broad, low region in which Ardmore is situated.
Ardmore is also 3.1 mi (5 km) north of Lake Murray, an impoundment of the two arms of Anadarche Creek, which eventually flows into the reaches of Lake Texoma.
Climate data for Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore is the principal center of trade for a ten-county region in south central Oklahoma, with a retail pull factor of 1.7 - 1.9.
Ardmore's primary employers are Michelin North America, with 1,900 employees, and Mercy Memorial Health Center, with 900 employees.
Until early 2009, Ardmore was also home to a large county-wide distribution center for the now-defunct retail electronics chain Circuit City and was also home to a 1-800-flowers call center.
In 2010 Ardmore lost another technology company, IMTEC, which was purchased by 3 - M and moved away to California.
The 85,000 bbl/d (13,500 m3/d) Valero refinery in northeast Ardmore employs some 250 region residents.
Ardmore is also home to the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, among the nation's 50 biggest private foundations, primarily engaged in agricultural bioresearch activities.
In 2001, East Jordan Iron Works opened a foundry positioned at the Ardmore Industrial Airpark.
Central Park, view towards historic bandstand, downtown Ardmore Goddard Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, downtown Ardmore Being home to many pioneers in the dawn of the American petroleum industry, Ardmore has been blessed with riches far beyond most metros/cities of its size, as well as the colorful past that often accompanies such "instant" wealth.
Ardmore Little Theatre Ardmore Convention Center, the newest convention facility in the region Ardmore Civic Auditorium, a historic town/city building that hosts concerts and other small-town events The Ardmore Masonic Lodge is one of the earliest civic organizations in Ardmore.
Ardmore is home to the Ardmore Higher Education Center (a consortium-model fitness of higher education) which offers courses and degrees to the small-town populace from four participating establishments of higher education: Murray State College, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, East Central University and Oklahoma State University (from the Oklahoma City campus).
Ardmore City Schools , Plainview Public Schools , and the Ardmore Christian School operate enhance schools in Ardmore.
Ardmore-Oak Hall Episcopal School is one of only three Episcopal diocesan schools in the state of Oklahoma.
Southern Oklahoma Technology Center, a longterm position and technical education school for high school, college and adult closing education in technology and longterm position development, is run by the state of Oklahoma with taxpayer assistance.
Tucker's Tower, on the easterly shore of Lake Murray, which borders the southern town/city limits of Ardmore This facility serves as the Amtrak station for Ardmore on the Heartland Flyer route.
Interstate 35 is passes through the side of Ardmore, as it traverses the United States from Duluth, Minnesota, to Laredo, Texas.
Ardmore has four exits off I-35: Ardmore is also home to the junction of US-70 and US-77, SH-142, and SH-199.
Ardmore is connected to Lake Murray via State Highway 77 - S.
Ardmore has two general aviation airports, Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport and Ardmore Municipal Airport.
The nearest scheduled air service occurs at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, 99 miles (159 km) north and 95 miles (153 km) south of Ardmore, in the order given.
Ardmore has one principal rail line, that being one of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainlines running from Fort Worth, Texas to Oklahoma City (also connecting with Kansas City and Chicago), formerly part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail network before the consolidation with Burlington Northern.
The line dates back to 1887, and the first train appeared on July 28 in that year. The business has multiple alongside tracks (5+) running through central Ardmore (MP 450.5), added concomitantly with the rise of the trading status of the town/city and region throughout the early 1900s.
There is also a lightly used transverse rail spur from the BNSF line to the Michelin tire plant in west Ardmore, mainly intended for the transport of raw materials to the factory.
The historic Santa Fe depot in downtown Ardmore is also a stop on Amtrak's Heartland Flyer train route, with daily service to and from Oklahoma City and Fort Worth.
Ardmore also has a scheduled stop on the Greyhound/Jefferson Bus Lines system.
Southern Oklahoma Rural Transit System (SORTS) provides transit services for the enhance in Ardmore and the encircling areas.
In the early twentieth century, Ardmore had a fairly extensive traction (streetcar/interurban) stockyards system, franchised in February 1905, that linked outlying areas, such as the Dornick Hills Country Club, to the central company district. The chief part of the streetcar line originally ran down the center lane of Main Street.
Justin Blackmon, former wide receiver for Plainview High School, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and the Jacksonville Jaguars Terry Cline Ph.D., current Oklahoma Health and Human Services Commissioner, former head of United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; born in Ardmore in 1958.
Mark Gastineau, former All-Pro NFL defensive star for the New York Jets, born in Ardmore in 1956 Jermaine Gresham, former tight end for Ardmore High School and the Oklahoma Sooners; presently plays for the Arizona Cardinals Jesse Hernandez, experienced mixed martial artist and former offensive lineman for Ardmore High School and the University of Missouri Columbus Marion Joiner, father of the East Texas Oil Field of the 1930s, resided in and about Ardmore from 1897 to 1926 Kern, United States District Judge (Northern District of Oklahoma) Loughridge, the first Ardmore High School graduate to turn into a Fulbright scholar; became a cardiovascular surgeon, author, and community care consultant in Tulsa Joe Mc - Queen, jazz musician, was raised in Ardmore Mike Pouncey, center for the Miami Dolphins, born in Ardmore in 1989; his twin brother is Maurkice Pouncey, center for the Pittsburgh Steelers Rex Ryan, current NFL head coach for the Buffalo Bills, born in Ardmore in 1962; his twin brother is Rob Ryan, assistant head coach for the Bills "Ardmore's Population Grows 2.4% in the Last 10 Years".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 - United States -- Micropolitan Travel Destination (GCT-PEPANNRES)".
"2005 Oil & Gas Annual Report (charting petroleum manufacturing from 1975-2005), Oklahoma Corporation Commission (PDF)" (PDF).
"Ardmore Gas Explosion," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed February 5, 2010).
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ardmore city, Oklahoma".
"Historical Weather for Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States".
"Oklahoma: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Events in the Early History of Ardmore, Oklahoma".
City of Ardmore official website Ardmore, Oklahoma at DMOZ Ardmore improve website Media related to Ardmore, Oklahoma at Wikimedia Commons Ardmore, Oklahoma travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States
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