What is the population of Guthrie, Oklahoma?

Guthrie has a population of approximately 11,243 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Guthrie, Oklahoma located?

Guthrie is located in Oklahoma, United States, at approximate coordinates 35.8765°, -97.4087°.

What is the median household income in Guthrie?

The median household income in Guthrie is approximately $53,457 based on the most recent open data.

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Guthrie

Total population

11,243

Median home value

$186,600

26.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$53,457

Guthrie$53k

National$74k

Founded

1889

Elevation299 m

Land area50.03 km²

Weather72°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates35.88°, -97.41°

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City facts

Founded

1889

Elevation

299 m

Area

50.03 km²

Official website

www.cityofguthrie.com

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Overview

Guthrie is a city in and the county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. As of the 2020 census, Guthrie had a population of 10,749. First known as a railroad station stop, after the Land Run of 1889, 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.

History & geography

History

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 ("AT&SF")-- 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. In 1889, some 50,000 potential settlers gathered at the edges of the Unassigned Lands in hopes of staking a claim to a plot. At noon on April 22, 1889, cannons resounded at a section of Indian Territory, launching president Benjamin Harrison's "Hoss Race" or Land Run of 1889. People ran for both farmlands and towns. During the next six hours, about 10,000 people settled in what became the capital of the new Territory of Oklahoma. Within months, Guthrie was developed as a modern brick-and-stone "Queen of the Prairie" with municipal water, electricity, a mass-transit system, and underground parking garages for horses and carriages. Guthrie's western heritage includes the fact that, on April 13, 1898, outlaw Richard "Little Dick" West, a former member of the Wild Bunch gang, was in town when approached by legendary lawmen Heck Thomas and Bill Tilghman. He refused to surrender, and was killed in the resulting gunfight. He is buried in the Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie near outlaw Bill Doolin. Guthrie’s early connection with rail travel was not completely defined by the AT&SF. Two other railroads indirectly served Guthrie, being the Guthrie and Kingfisher Railway and the Guthrie and Western Railway, which together connected the rails of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (“Rock Island”) at Kingfisher with the AT&SF trackage serving Guthrie from a point near the town of Seward (just southwest of…

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