Ceres (locally /ˈsɪərz/[1]) is an unincorporated community in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States.[2][3] It is located north of Perry, south of Tonkawa, east-northeast of Enid and southwest of Ponca City, off U.S. 77 and SH-15.[4]
The town was named McKinney shortly after the Land Run of 1893.[1] But it was renamed Ceres a few years later,[1] after the mythological goddess of harvest.[5]
The depression-era WPA Guide to Oklahoma: The Sooner State described Ceres as a settlement having a population of 10, two stores and a filling station,[5] yet the town has survived into the 21st century.[3]