Elohim City, Oklahoma | |
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Private community | |
 A sign warning intruders away from the enclave | |
  Elohim City, Oklahoma  Elohim City, Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: 35°38′34″N 94°30′54″W / 35.64278°N 94.51500°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Oklahoma |
| County | Adair |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founded by | Robert G. Millar |
| Government | |
| • Leader | John Millar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 200 ha (400 acres) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1,270 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 74960 |
| Area codes | 918, 539 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806997[1] |
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Elohim City[Note 1] (also known as Elohim City Inc.[2] and Elohim Village) is a private community in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The 400 acres (1.6 km2) rural retreat was founded in 1973 by Robert G. Millar, a Canadian immigrant, former Mennonite, and "one of the most important leaders" in America's Christian Identity movement, a theology common to an assortment of right-wing extremist groups.[3][4] The community gained national attention for its ties to members of The Order in the 1980s, as well as with convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in the 1990s.[3][5]
The enclave consists of approximately one dozen structures, some of them mobile homes and others modernistic dome houses. The center of activity is the church-community center, where residents meet for hour-long sessions each morning.[6]
Robert G. Millar died on May 28, 2001.[7] After his death, his second-oldest son, John Millar, became the leader of Elohim City.[8][3] John Millar died on February 28, 2019.[9]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elohim City, Oklahoma
- ^ "Court documents" (PDF). cases.justia.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c Hastings, Deborah (February 23, 1997). "Elohim City on Extremists' Underground Railroad". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Shook, Somer; Wesley Delano; Robert W. Balch (April 1999). "Elohim City: A Participant-Observer Study of a Christian Identity Community". Nova Religio. 2 (2): 245–265. doi:10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.245. ISSN 1541-8480. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.245.
- ^ Clay, Nolan (July 10, 2005). "Elohim City questions resurrected by Nichols". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Richard W. Break (June 23, 1985). "Mountaintop Religious Retreat Armed Against Outside World". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Changing of the Guard: Racist patriarch dies in Oklahoma". Intelligence Report (103). Southern Poverty Law Center. Fall 2001. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ^ "Elohim City -- Extremism in America". ADL.org. Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "John James Millar". Vian Tenkiller News. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023.
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