Sand Springs, Oklahoma Sand Springs, Oklahoma Official logo of Sand Springs, Oklahoma Location inside Tulsa County and Oklahoma Location inside Tulsa County and Oklahoma Sand Springs, Oklahoma is positioned in the US Sand Springs, Oklahoma - Sand Springs, Oklahoma Sand Springs is a town/city in Osage and Tulsa counties in the U.S.
A suburb of Tulsa, it is positioned dominantly in Tulsa County.
The town/city was established in 1911, by Oklahoma philanthropist Charles Page, who envisioned Sand Springs as a haven for orphans and widows.
He helped found and precarious Sand Springs as a model town/city that encompassed all components of a total community. Wealthy businessman Charles Page bought 160 acres of territory in Tulsa County, Oklahoma in 1908, intending to build a home for orphan children.
He also decided to form a improve called Sand Springs on territory west of the children's home, offering no-charge territory to anyone who wished to move there and a $20,000 bonus (the amount varied and he also offered no-charge utilities) to companies that would relocate there.
In 1911, Page created the Sand Springs Railway, an interurban connecting Sand Springs to Tulsa.
The townsite was laid out in 1911. Sand Springs was incorporated as a town/city in 1912, with a populace of 400. Page assembled the Sand Springs Power Plant in 1911, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Morrow Road.
There were a several significant additions to the facility, and it remained the sole origin of electric power for Sand Springs until 1947. Medical and civil welfare establishments other than the Sand Springs Home encompassed the Oakwood Sanitorium for nervous and mental diseases, Poole Hospital, the Salvation Army Maternity Home, and the Sand Springs School for the Deaf. Sand Springs became one center of glass manufacturing in Oklahoma.
Kerr Glass Manufacturing moved to Sand Springs from Chicago in 1913.
An EF2 tornado hit Sand Springs on March 25, 2015, killing one resident, and damaging 50 mobile homes.
Sand Springs is positioned at 36 8 23 N 96 6 32 W (36.1398102, -96.1088911). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 21.0 square miles (54.3 km ), of which, 18.7 square miles (48.4 km ) of it is territory and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km ) of it (10.84%) is water.
The economy of Sand Springs is largely concentrated on promoting small business, with a very active chamber of commerce.
The Sand Springs Public School District is the biggest employer in the city.
It contains five elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools, and a groundbreaking early childhood program.
There are also four Private Schools in Sand Springs.
Sand Springs has one print newspaper, the Sand Springs Leader.
On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, The Tulsa World announced that its parent business BH Media, a division of Berkshire Hathaway, the Omaha-based investment holding business led by billionaire Warren Buffett had purchased a several suburban newspapers, including the Sand Springs Leader. Sand Springs also has an online-only news source, Sandite Pride News which specializes in Sand Springs sports coverage.
Brewer (1948-2003) - Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football player; accountant in Tulsa, interred at Sand Springs Charles Page 1860-1926) - oilman, founder of Sand Springs Simms (1926-2008) - native of Sand Springs, attorney, judge, Associate Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court Enumeration - Viewer:Population of the City of Sand Springs, Oklahoma Gregory, "Sand Springs", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Accessed May 6, 2011.
"History Sand Springs, Oklahoma." "Sand Springs Power Plant." Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sand Springs, Oklahoma City of Sand Springs Municipalities and communities of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States Municipalities and communities of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa County, Oklahoma
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