Frederick

History

Originally established in 1901, the Frederick area was among the last of the Oklahoma Territory land to be opened to settlement. What is now Frederick used to be two towns: Gosnell and Hazel. Both towns were established in 1901, when the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache reservation was opened to settlement. {{efn|Gosnell was named for Rev. Sanford N. Gosnell, who was a lottery winner that established the town named for himself. Hazel was named for Hazel Stout, the daughter of another lottery winner. Most of the business district was destroyed by fires in 1904 and 1905. The buildings had been made of wood and were quickly replaced with brick. In the spring of 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt visited Frederick to meet with Jack "Catch-'em-alive" Abernathy, the famed barehanded wolf hunter, and introduced the area to tourism and its recreational value. In 1907 the City of Frederick was incorporated, Oklahoma became a state, Frederick was named the seat of Tillman County, and the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ("Katy") came to Frederick. The Frederick Army Air Field opened in 1941, training pilots to fly UC-78 light transport aircraft and B-25 bombers. In 1953, the base was turned over to the City of Frederick, and is now the Frederick Regional Airport.

Geography

Frederick is located at the junction of U.S. Route 183 and Oklahoma State Highway 5. Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area, roughly 13 miles south-southeast of Frederick, is a restored wetlands habitat which forms a managed location for both wildlife and recreation.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• FREDERICK ES
  Elementary · Frederick · 386 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• FREDERICK HS
  High · Frederick · 250 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• FREDERICK MS
  Middle · Frederick · 174 students · 14.5:1 ratio
• DAVIDSON ES
  Elementary · Davidson · 28 students · 9.3:1 ratio