Seiling, Oklahoma | |
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Nickname: Crossroads of Northwest Oklahoma[1] | |
Coordinates: 36°09′07″N 98°55′32″W / 36.15194°N 98.92556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
County | Dewey |
Area | |
• Total | 1.19 sq mi (3.07 km2) |
• Land | 1.19 sq mi (3.07 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 1,736 ft (529 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 850 |
• Density | 716.69/sq mi (276.65/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 73663 |
Area code | 580 |
FIPS code | 40-66250[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 2411861[3] |
Seiling is a city in Dewey County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 850 at the 2020 census.[5] The town was named in 1899 for Louis Seiling, a local store owner who had acquired a homestead in the Cheyenne-Arapaho land run of April 1892. The Hobson Town and Improvement Company established a town called Hobson, but the name was changed to Seiling in January 1899. It incorporated in 1909. Seiling is now the largest city in Dewey County.[6] Their girls basketball team has also won the Oklahoma State Championship four times in a row (2016-2019).[7]
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