Kenton, Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
 Church in Kenton, April 2024 | |
 Location in Cimarron County and the state of Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: 36°54′11″N 102°57′48″W / 36.90306°N 102.96333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Cimarron |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.71 sq mi (1.85 km2) |
| • Land | 0.71 sq mi (1.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,350 ft (1,326 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 31 |
| • Density | 43.36/sq mi (16.74/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 73946 |
| Area code | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-39400 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1094330[2] |
| Website | www |
Kenton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.[2][3] As of the 2020 census, the community had 31 residents.[4]
Kenton, which lies in the Cimarron River valley, is just south of Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma, and serves as an unofficial staging point for visitors to the site.[5] The east end of the mesa features dinosaur tracks which have been preserved in a sandstone strata next to Carrizo Creek.[6] Black Mesa State Park, which contains Lake Carl Etling, is to the southeast.[7] The Preston Monument, at the tripoint of Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma, is about 10 driving miles north-northwest.[8] Kenton is the closest settlement to Carrizo Canyon, about 22 miles north inside Colorado,[9] which is a small gorge in the Comanche National Grassland graced by juniper and cottonwood trees in which American Indian petroglyphs can be found along the walls.[10]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kenton, Oklahoma
- ^ "The Last of Kenton". Sheilah Bright, This Land Press, September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Census". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
- ^ Tom Lewis and Sara Jane Richter. "Black Mesa." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed August 20, 2013.
- ^ "Dinosaur Tracks". TravelOK.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Kenton, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Preston Monument to Kenton, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ "Kenton, Oklahoma to Carrizo Canyon, Colorado". Google Maps. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- ^ "Carrizo Canyon Picnic Area". USDA Forest Service. Retrieved January 3, 2021.