Enid, Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
 Downtown Enid (2007) | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nicknames: "Wheat Capital of the United States", "Queen Wheat City of Oklahoma",[1] | |
| Motto: "Purple Martin Capital of Oklahoma"[2] | |
 Location in Garfield County and the state of Oklahoma. | |
| Coordinates: 36°24′2″N 97°52′51″W / 36.40056°N 97.88083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Garfield |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | David Mason [citation needed] |
| • City Manager | Jerald Gilbert [citation needed] |
| Area | |
• City | 74.02 sq mi (191.71 km2) |
| • Land | 73.94 sq mi (191.49 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,250 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 51,308 |
| • Density | 693.95/sq mi (267.94/km2) |
| • Metro | 62,846 (US: 384th) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 73701, 73703 |
| Area code | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-23950[5] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410442[4] |
| Website | www |
Enid (/ˈiːnɪd/ EE-nid) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King. In 1991, the Oklahoma state legislature designated Enid the "purple martin capital of Oklahoma."[6] Enid holds the nickname of "Queen Wheat City" and "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma and the United States for its immense grain storage capacity, and has the third-largest grain storage capacity in the world.[1]
- ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for Enid Terminal Grain Elevators Historic District, #09000239 (PDF), National Park Service, 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2014
- ^ Norman, Jack L, "Oklahoma has a purple martin capital and it's Enid Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today", Enid News & Eagle, March 1, 2007
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enid, Oklahoma
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Purple Martin State Capitals Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine", Nature Society News, June 2006, p. 8.