##  [Oklahoma Trivia & Interesting Facts](/blog/article/oklahoma-trivia-interesting-facts) 

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June 17, 2010

 

 

**Fun Facts**  
1\. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville. (Blest be the tie that binds!)  
2\. The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936.  
3\. The nation's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City in 1935.  
4\. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917.  
5\. Cimarron County, located in the Oklahoma Panhandle, is the only county in the U.S. bordered by 4 separate states - Texas, New Mexico, Colorado & Kansas.  
6\. The Oklahoma State Capital is the only capital in the U.S. with working oil wells on its grounds.  
7\. Boise City, Okla., was the only city in the United States to be bombed during World War II. On Monday, July 5, 1943, at 12:30am., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas, dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town, mistaking the city lights as target lights.  
8\. WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio station transmitting west of the Mississippi River.  
9\. The nation's first "tornado warning" was issued March 25, 1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before a devastating tornado. Because of the warning, no lives were lost.  
10\. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the U.S.  
11\. The name 'Oklahoma' comes from two Choctaw words – okla meaning "people" and humma meaning "red." So the name means, "Red People." The name was approved in 1890.  
12\. Oklahoma has produced more astronauts than any other state.  
13\. Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state (including Caddo County's Fort Cobb Lake).  
14\. During the "Land Rush," Oklahoma City and Guthrie went from vast, open prairie to cities of over 10,000 in a single day.  
15\. The nation's first "Yield" traffic sign was erected in Tulsa on a trial basis.  
16\. The Pensacola Dam on Grand Lake is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at 6,565 feet.  
17\. The Port of Catoosa (just north of Tulsa) is the largest inland port in America.  
18\. The aerosol can was invented in Bartlesville.  
19\. Per square mile, Oklahoma has more tornadoes than any other place in the world.  
20\. The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was in Moore Okla., on May 3, 1999 during the Oklahoma City F-5 tornado. Wind speed was clocked at 318 mph.  
21\. The Will Rogers World Airport and the Wiley Post Airport are both named after two famous Oklahomans, both killed in the same airplane crash.

 **Oklahoma Towns Offer It All**

Love the Summer?  
Poolville, Oklahoma  
Sunray, Oklahoma

Want Something To Eat?  
Cookietown, Oklahoma  
Corn, Oklahoma  
Grainola, Oklahoma  
Hominy, Oklahoma  
Olive, Oklahoma  
South Coffeeville, Oklahoma  
Sweetwater, Oklahoma

Why Travel To Other Cities? Oklahoma Has Them All!  
Cleveland, Oklahoma  
Orlando, Oklahoma  
Miami, Oklahoma  
Pittsburgh, Oklahoma  
Santa Fe, Oklahoma  
St. Louis, Oklahoma  
Chattanooga, Oklahoma  
Peoria, Oklahoma  
Burbank, Oklahoma  
Fargo, Oklahoma

Don't Forget The Wildlife!  
Bison, Oklahoma  
Buffalo, Oklahoma  
Deer Creek, Oklahoma  
Eagle, Oklahoma  
Elk City, Oklahoma  
Fox, Oklahoma  
Wolfe, Oklahoma

There's A Town Named After A Number:  
Fourty-One, Oklahoma

And A Town Whose Letters Don't Spell Anything:  
IXL, Oklahoma

For The Sportsman Who Wants To Get Away From It All...  
Fisherman's Paradise, Oklahoma

We Even Have A City Named After Earth's Only Satellite!  
Moon, Oklahoma

And A City Named After Our State!  
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Feeling A Bit Chilly?  
Cold Springs, Oklahoma  
Snow, Oklahoma  
Slick, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Is Full Of Love!  
Bigheart, Oklahoma  
Lovedale, Oklahoma  
Loveland, Oklahoma  
Lovell, Oklahoma  
Loyal, Oklahoma

Like To Read About The Presidents?  
Adams, Oklahoma  
Carter, Oklahoma  
Clinton, Oklahoma  
Fillmore, Oklahoma  
Grant, Oklahoma  
Jefferson, Oklahoma  
Johnson, Oklahoma  
Lincoln, Oklahoma  
Reagan, Oklahoma  
Roosevelt, Oklahoma  
Taft, Oklahoma  
Taylor, Oklahoma  
Washington, Oklahoma  
Wilson, Oklahoma

Other City Names In Oklahoma To Make You Smile...  
Bowlegs, Oklahoma  
Bugtussle, Oklahoma  
Bushyhead, Oklahoma  
Frogville, Oklahoma  
Hooker, Oklahoma  
Loco, Oklahoma  
Slapout, Oklahoma  
Slaughterville, Oklahoma  
Gotebo, Okla

And Regardless What Side Of The Fence You're On...  
Gay, Oklahoma  
Straight, Oklahoma



 

 









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