Guthrie, Oklahoma
| Guthrie, Oklahoma | |
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Downtown Guthrie
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 Location of Guthrie, Oklahoma |
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 Guthrie, Oklahoma
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| Coordinates: 35°51′23″N 97°26′9″W / 35.85639°N 97.43583°WCoordinates: 35°51′23″N 97°26′9″W / 35.85639°N 97.43583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Logan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Steve Gentling |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.2 sq mi (49.8 km2) |
| • Land | 18.7 sq mi (48.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,191 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 11,270 |
| • Density | 531.6/sq mi (205.3/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 73044 |
| Area code(s) | 405 |
| FIPS code | 40-31700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1093447 |
| Website | cityofguthrie.com |
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Guthrie Historic District
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Tent city on April 24, 1889, the second day after the opening. Two lower images are on May 10, 1889 and 1893 respectively.
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| Location | Guthrie, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°51′23″N 97°26′9″W / 35.85639°N 97.43583°W |
| Built | 1927-29 |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001664 |
| Significant dates | |
| Designated NRHP | June 13, 1974 |
| Designated NHL | January 20, 1999 |
Guthrie is a city and county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The population was 10,191 at the 2010 census, a 2.7 percent increase from the 9,925 at the 2000 census.
First known as a railroad station stop, after the April 1889 land run, Guthrie immediately gained 10,000 new residents who began to develop the town. It was rapidly improved and was designated as the territorial capital, and in 1907 as the first state capital of Oklahoma. In 1910 state voters chose the larger Oklahoma City as the new capital in a special election.
Guthrie is nationally significant for its collection of late 19th and early 20th century commercial architecture. The Guthrie Historic District includes more than 2,000 buildings and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. Historic tourism is important to the city, and its Victorian architecture provides a backdrop for Wild West and territorial-style entertainment, carriage tours, replica trolley cars, specialty shops, and art galleries.
Guthrie was established in 1887 as a railroad station called Deer Creek on the Southern Kansas Railway (later acquired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) running from the Kansas–Oklahoma border to Purcell. The name was later changed to Guthrie, named for jurist John Guthrie of Topeka, Kansas. A post office was established on April 4, 1889.
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