Wagoner, Oklahoma Wagoner, Oklahoma Downtown Wagoner Location of Wagoner, Oklahoma Location of Wagoner, Oklahoma County Wagoner Website Wagoner, Oklahoma Wagoner is a town/city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Wagoner County. It became the first town/city incorporated in Indian Territory on January 4, 1896. The town of Wagoner began as a small improve at the intersection of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railway and the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway (a branch of the Missouri Pacific Railway), when William Mc - Anally, a foreman for the MKT assembled a small hotel at this isolated locale in June 1887.
The town was titled for barns dispatcher Henry "Big Foot" Wagoner, who had reported the need for a barns switch close-by to accommodate the shipment of logs and hay.
The switch had been previously titled "Wagoner's Switch." District Court on January 4, 1896, making Wagoner the first town/city incorporated in Indian Territory. By statehood, the town/city had 2,950 inhabitants and was titled as the governmental center of county of Wagoner County. Highway improvements made Wagoner a bedroom improve for Tulsa and Muskogee. Wagoner is positioned at 35 57 20 N 95 22 41 W (35.955501, -95.377938). It is 18 miles (29 km) north of Muskogee, Oklahoma and 40 miles (64 km) east of Tulsa. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.0 square miles (18 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,669 citizens , 2,928 homeholds, and 2,111 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,493, and the median income for a family was $35,426.
Wagoner has one newspaper, the Wagoner Tribune.
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 Wagoner Tribune. As noted on various city-sponsored highway signs outside the city, Wagoner is home to a number of notable persons, most indicative of the blend of Western and Southern culture that the town/city embodies.
Wagoner High School Enumeration - Viewer: Population of the City of Wagoner, Oklahoma.
"Wagoner" Retrieved February 26, 2012. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Actress from Wagoner led life of fame, philanthropy".
Wagoner Chamber of Commerce Wagoner Public Library Municipalities and communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States National Register of Historic Places in Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Categories:
Cities in Wagoner County, Oklahoma - Cities in Oklahoma - County seats in Oklahoma - Tulsa urbane region - 1887 establishments in Indian Territory
|