Minco

History

Present-day Minco began as a settlement named Silver City on the Chisholm Trail. The community was initially a collection of tents housing Caddo, Wichita, Kiowa, and Comanche tribesmen. It was approximately east of the present-day location. After the Rock Island extended its railroad track to the Chisholm Trail, the town physically moved to the end of the rail line and renamed itself Minco.}} The town was originally included in the Chickasaw Nation. Minco is believed to be named after the great Chickasaw chief and warrior, Itawamba Minco,{{efn|Minco is said to mean "Big Chief" in the Choctaw language. Minco was officially settled sometime circa 1890, several years before Oklahoma achieved statehood. The post office opened in July 1890. Charles B. Campbell owned the occupancy rights of the land that the town was built on. His wife was Miss Maggie (Margaret) Williams, a daughter of W. G. (Caddo Bill) Williams, owner of the Half Moon Ranch, who started Silver City in 1872, by building a trading store for those cattlemen driving their herds of cattle up the Chisholm Trail. In 1960, the first municipal natural gas company in Oklahoma was founded in Minco by James Burton Branum Jr. It operated along with the Minco Tag Agency from an office in the back of what was then Branum's Variety Store on Main street. In 2007, the Minco Historical Society established a museum to exhibit the numerous historical facts associated with the town.

Geography

Minco is located in northern Grady County. The city limits extend north to the Canadian River, which serves as the border with Canadian County. U.S. Route 81 passes through the center of town, leading north to El Reno and south to Chickasha, the Grady County seat. Oklahoma State Highway 37 leads east from the center of Minco to Tuttle and west from the northern part of Minco to Cogar. Oklahoma City is to the northeast of Minco. In the 2010 census, Minco had a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.28%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• TUTTLE HS
  High · Tuttle · 644 students · 16.1:1 ratio
• TUTTLE MS
  Middle · Tuttle · 460 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• TUTTLE ES
  Elementary · Tuttle · 380 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• TUTTLE INTERMEDIATE ES
  Elementary · Tuttle · 278 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• MINCO ES
  Elementary · MINCO · 245 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• TUTTLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
  Elementary · Tuttle · 212 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• AMBER-POCASSET ES
  Elementary · Amber · 193 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• MINCO HS
  High · Minco · 187 students · 14.4:1 ratio