Clinton, Oklahoma Clinton, Oklahoma Motto: "Hub City of Western Oklahoma" Location of Clinton, Oklahoma Location of Clinton, Oklahoma Country United States State Oklahoma Website Clinton, Oklahoma Clinton is a town/city in Custer and Washita counties in the U.S.
State of Oklahoma.
Congressional approval for the sale was granted in 1902 and Washita Junction quickly developed. The first businesses were the office of the Custer County Chronicle journal and the First National Bank building.
When a postal service was started, the postal department would not accept the name of Washita Junction; so the town was titled for the late Judge Clinton Irwin.
Clinton was served by the Frisco Railroad and Rock Island.
It was also the easterly end of the Clinton, Oklahoma, and Western Railroad Company, which lay track westward to Hemphill County, Texas.
Clinton especially benefited from the existence of U.S.
Like most other metros/cities and suburbs on Route 66, Clinton was home of tourist businesses including a several restaurants, cafes, motels and filling stations.
After the war, Jack and Gladys Cutberth revived the organization in Clinton, where it promoted the "Main Street of America" from 1947 until it disbanded in the 1980s. The late Dr.
Today, cross-country traffic passes Clinton to the south on Interstate 40, which bypassed the town/city in 1970. Clinton remains a prominent tourist stop as one of the biggest Route 66 metros/cities between Oklahoma City and Amarillo, Texas.
66 route that passed through the town/city is now designated as an I-40 company loop; the town became home to the first state sponsored Route 66 Museum in the nation. In 1942, the federal government assembled a naval airfield at close-by Burns Flat and titled it Naval Air Station Clinton.
During the World War II period, the populace of Clinton interval to nearly 7,000 residents.
In 1949, Naval Air Station Clinton was deactivated and the airfield was deeded to the City of Clinton, specifying that the territory could be recaptured in case of nationwide emergencies.
The entire complex was deeded to the City of Clinton in 1971 and three years later became the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark.
Clinton is also home to the Clinton Daily News, a six-day daily journal edited by Rod Serfoss which has a circulation of 4,500. The journal has been presented continuously from its inception in 1927 to the current day. Clinton is positioned at 35 30 34 N 98 58 27 W (35.509369, 98.974063), sitting at an altitude of 1,592 feet (485 m).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.9 square miles (23.2 km ), of which 8.9 square miles (23.1 km ) is territory and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km ) (0.22%) is water.
Climate data for Clinton, Oklahoma (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 14.6% of families and 18.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.
Automotive manufacturer, Sport - Chassis was established and has its global command posts in Clinton.
The municipal airport in Clinton was the site of the first crash of a C-5 Galaxy (68-0227) on September 27, 1974. Henry, United States Army (deceased), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Clinton has three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school inside the enhance school system.
Clinton is known for its high school football team, the "Red Tornadoes".
The Red Tornadoes have won 16 state championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012) which rates presently second in the state of Oklahoma behind Ada.
Along with football, Clinton excels at a number of other sports.
Clinton's wrestling team earned its first trip to a State Championship in 2015; it would lose to longtime rival Tuttle Tigers.
Route 66 exhibition, positioned on historic U.S.
Clinton Armory United States Enumeration Bureau.
Clinton at Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived May 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
Route 66 in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, Oklahoma Historical Society, Clinton OK "Clinton Daily News", Finder Binder: Oklahoma's Updated Media Directory, 2009 Winter Issue.
"About this Newspaper: Clinton daily news" Library of Congress (accessed February 25, 2010).
"Historical Weather for Clinton, Oklahoma, United States".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"High school football: Clinton honors 1967 team that was proclaimed high school nationwide champions".
Clinton Chamber of Commerce Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Clinton Municipalities and communities of Custer County, Oklahoma, United States Municipalities and communities of Washita County, Oklahoma, United States
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