Hominy

History

Hominy was first settled by the Osage Indians when they were forced to leave their reservation in Kansas in the early 1870s. The Osage purchased the land of the reservation from the Cherokee. Hominy, named for chieftain Ho'n-Mo'n-I'n, was settled by the Upland Forest People, one of the five divisions of the Osage. The government of the United States established a sub-agency for the Osage near the site of present day Hominy in 1874. Also, in 1874 a trading post called Hominy Post was established nearby. The trading post was owned by August Capitaine, a French-Osage mixed blood. A post office with the name Hominy opened in 1891. A railroad reached Hominy in 1903. Hominy had a population of 468 in 1907 and the town was incorporated in 1908. Petroleum was discovered near Hominy in 1916. From the early 1920s to 1932, Hominy was home to a professional football team composed of Native American players. The Hominy Indians defeated the New York Giants in 1927, just after the Giants were named champions of the National Football League. The team had a 28-game winning streak at one point during its existence, but was disbanded due to the onset of the Great Depression. A screening of the movie "Playground of the Native Son," based on the events of the team was screened on October 10, 2014, at Circle Cinema, Tulsa's non-profit independent theater. A medium security prison was constructed in Hominy at the price of $12.8 million and received its first inmates in August 1979. It was originally named the Jess Dunn Correctional Center, in honor of Warden Jess Dunn who had been shot and killed in 1941 by prisoners during an escape attempt. A 1977 joint resolution renamed the facility the Dick Conner Correctional Center. The facility reached its original design capacity of 400 during…

Geography

Hominy is south of Pawhuska, the county seat. The climate consists of hot summers and cool winters with a Koppen classification of Cfa. The town receives an average of of precipitation annually, mostly in the form of summer rainfall.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• HORACE MANN ES
  Elementary · Hominy · 195 students · 15:1 ratio
• HOMINY HS
  High · Hominy · 154 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• HOMINY MS
  Middle · Hominy · 118 students · 14.8:1 ratio
• WYNONA ES
  Elementary · Wynona · 103 students · 20.6:1 ratio
• HOMINY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
  Elementary · Hominy · 65 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• WYNONA HS
  High · Wynona · 22 students · 22:1 ratio