Great Plains Country
Great Plains Country is a region in southwestern Oklahoma.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lawton and Altus.
Lawton
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Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in western Oklahoma, approximately 87 mi southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton, Oklahoma, metropolitan statistical area.
Altus
Altus is in the Great Plains Country region of southwest Oklahoma and is a military town with the presence of Altus Air Force Base nearby. In the beginning, it served as a trading post for the Great Western Cattle Trail.
Duncan
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Duncan is in the Great Plains Country region of southwest Oklahoma, known as the "Crepe Myrtle Capital of Oklahoma" and as the place of origin of the petrochemical giant Halliburton. This article also covers the nearby town of Marlow.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Anadarko and Sayre.
Anadarko
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Anadarko is a city in and the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The city is 50 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. The population was 5,745 at the 2020 census.
Sayre
Sayre is a city of 4,400 people in the Great Plains Country region of southwest Oklahoma. Its economy has been based on agriculture and the production of oil and gas.
Hobart
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Hobart is a city of 3,400 people in the Great Plains Country region of southwest Oklahoma. Hobart is primarily a farm town.
Elk City
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Elk City is in the Great Plains Country region of southwest Oklahoma. It owes its existence to the railroad as well as to agriculture, oil extraction, and transportation services, being as it is on the busy interstate thoroughfare that is I-40.
Clinton
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Clinton is a city of 9,000 people in the Great Plains Country of Oklahoma. It was platted in like 1902, but what really seemed to make it bloom was when it became a service-oriented community towards Route 66 travel, with cafes, motels, and filling stations to accommodate travelers.
Weatherford
Weatherford is a city in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 12,076 at the time of the 2020 census, a gain of about 11.5% over the 10,833 figure from the 2010 census.Mangum
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Mangum is a city in and the county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,762 as of the 2020 United States census. Mangum was originally part of Old Greer County in the Texas panhandle.
Erick
Erick is a city of a thousand people in the Great Plains Country of Oklahoma, near the Texas border on the former US Route 66.
Snyder
Snyder is a city in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,301 at the time of the 2020 Census.Medicine Park
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Medicine Park is a town of 450 people in the Great Plains Country region of southwest Oklahoma just north of the Fort Sill Military Reservation. Medicine Park is in Comanche County, in the Wichita Mountains near the entrance to the 60,000-acre Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge.
Indiahoma
Indiahoma is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located just south of US Route 62, about 24.4 driving miles west of Lawton. The population was 275 at the time of the 2020 Census.Texola
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Texola is a ghost town in the Great Plains Country of Oklahoma, situated at the Texas border as the westernmost settlement in Oklahoma.
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, located in southwestern Oklahoma near Lawton, has protected unique wildlife habitats since 1901 and is the oldest managed wildlife facility in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service system.
Great Plains Country
- Type: official tourism region of Oklahoma
- Description: official tourism region of Oklahoma
- Also known as: “Southwest Oklahoma” and “Southwestern Oklahoma”
- Neighbors: Chickasaw Country, Frontier Country, and Red Carpet Country
- Location: Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
35.09° or 35° 5′ 24″ northLongitude of center
-98.84° or 98° 50′ 24″ westWikidata ID
Q14216956
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In Other Languages
From French to Slovenian—“Great Plains Country” goes by many names.
- French: “Great Plains Country”
- Slovenian: “Great Plains Country”
- Slovenian: “Jugozahodna Oklahoma”
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