Kildare

History

According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad built a section house, agent's cottage, a tool house and a depot at the future site of Kildare in 1892, a year before the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to settlers. The railroad said it sold eight thousand tickets to Kildare for September 16, 1893, the opening day of the Cherokee Strip land run. Kildare boomed almost overnight. A post office was established on October 24, 1893. The town was incorporated by the Territorial Legislature on March 2, 1905. However, the lack of water limited its future. The highest population ever recorded in the U. S. census was 216 in 1910. Three times fires destroyed the business district, and fewer businesses rebuilt each time.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• PONCA CITY HS
  High · Ponca City · 1,427 students · 19.3:1 ratio
• PONCA CITY WEST MS
  Middle · Ponca City · 686 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• PONCA CITY EAST MS
  Middle · Ponca City · 353 students · 15.3:1 ratio
• LINCOLN ES
  Elementary · Ponca City · 334 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• NEWKIRK ES
  Elementary · Newkirk · 327 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• WOODLANDS ES
  Elementary · Ponca City · 281 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• ROOSEVELT ES
  Elementary · Ponca City · 277 students · 18.5:1 ratio
• E. M. TROUT ES
  Elementary · Ponca City · 265 students · 18.9:1 ratio