El Reno, Oklahoma "El Reno"
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El Reno, Oklahoma Downtown El Reno Downtown El Reno Location of El Reno, Oklahoma Location of El Reno, Oklahoma El Reno, Oklahoma is positioned in the US El Reno, Oklahoma - El Reno, Oklahoma El Reno is a town/city in and governmental center of county of Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 16,729.
The town/city was begun shortly after the 1889 territory rush and titled for the close-by Fort Reno. It is positioned in the central part of the state, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Oklahoma City, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Panoramic map of El Reno, 1891 The town/city was originally positioned about five miles (8 km) north of its present location, on the banks of the North Canadian river, bearing the name Reno City, which caused its mail to get different up with mail for Reno, Nevada.
After the second time the town flooded, it was moved to its present locale and changed its name to El Reno.
Historic Fort Reno was assembled in 1874, and first commanded by General Philip Sheridan.
El Reno is positioned on the 98th Meridian, which allowed the easterly side to be opened to non-Indian settlement in the Land Run of 1889.
During WWII, Fort Reno, about 5 mi (8.0 km) north west of El Reno, was the site of a prisoner of war camp, and today contains a P.O.W.
Southwestern Federal Reformatory, restricted to male prisoners under the age of 35, was constructed about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of El Reno in 1935.
Renamed the Federal Correctional Institution of El Reno in the mid-1970s, the populace period to include men of all ages.
It is the only town/city in Oklahoma to have a streetcar in operation in the downtown area.
The old depot and some other buildings were acquired by the Canadian County Historical Society for use as part of a exhibition complex. The 1954 film noir Human Desire includes locomotive and yard scenes filmed in the El Reno rail yards.
El Reno is a Main Street community.
The Oklahoma Main Street Program is a downtown revitalization program and the El Reno Program won the Great American Main Street Award in 2006.
The enormous burger contains all the meaningful parts of the famous El Reno fried onion burgers which includes meat, fried onions, sliced pickles, and mustard all between two enormous buns.
Main article: 2013 El Reno tornado El Reno was hit by a multiple-vortex tornado on May 31, 2013.
El Reno is positioned at 35 31 49 N 97 57 27 W (35.530261, 97.957529). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 80.4 square miles (208 km2), of which, 80.0 square miles (207 km2) of it is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (0.56%) is water.
El Reno is positioned in the United States at the interchange of I-40 and U.S.
In 1952, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit near El Reno, causing damage to a several buildings in the city.
It is presently Oklahoma's third-strongest earthquake on record, and it was the strongest earthquake in Oklahoma history before to the November 5, 2011 earthquake near Sparks.
El Reno has railroadvarious weather- and climate-related incidents in recent years: On January 30, 2002, El Reno was hit by a harsh ice storm that left most of the town/city without power for a several days and caused thousands of dollars of damage in downed trees and powerlines.
During the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak, El Reno suffered damage from one of the many tornadoes that formed from the same storm that produced the continuing F5 tornado that day.
El Reno has weathered a several ice storms in recent years, including the January 4 5, 2005 storm that left up to two inches of ice in the hardest-hit locations.
In 2006, El Reno experienced "exceptional" drought conditions as the entire state railroadone of the driest summers on record.
Winds carried the smoke into the Oklahoma City metro, spurring thousands of calls to emergency services by concerned residents.
On April 24, 2006, a rare anti-cyclonic tornado hit El Reno's municipal airport, causing damage to the hangars and small aircraft s.
Overnight on August 19, 2007, Tropical Storm Erin dumped over 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation on El Reno and the encircling area.
On May 24, 2011, a violent long-track tornado passed through the El Reno area, causing extensive damage and killing nine citizens .
On May 31, 2013, the 2013 El Reno tornado, the widest tornado ever documented hit El Reno.
It hit the outskirts of the city, prompting a tornado emergency for El Reno and encircling cities.
Climate data for El Reno, Oklahoma In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 24.2% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The City of El Reno operates under a council-manager government system.
City employees include the town/city manager, finance director, police chief, fire chief, town/city clerk, enhance works director, code enforcement director, improve services director and town/city librarian. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno in El Reno. The El Reno Tribune prints Wednesday and Sunday and has a circulation of about 5,000. government in El Reno amid World War II Born in Iowa, moved to El Reno in 1902, then to Oklahoma City in 1911; designed many notable enhance buildings in Oklahoma El Reno High School a b c d e Cynthia Savage, "El Reno." "Oklahoma storms: Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado that killed him".
"Historical Weather for El Reno, Oklahoma, United States".
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City of El Reno (accessed August 14, 2013) "FCI El Reno Contact Information." Wikivoyage has a travel guide for El Reno.
City of El Reno El Reno Tribune "El Reno", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Municipalities and communities of Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States Municipalities of the Greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area
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