Mountain Park

History

The town of Mountain Park began as a trading post named Burford, near the Wichita Mountains in southern Oklahoma Territory. A post office was established at Burford in August 1901, just after the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation opened for settlement by non-Indians. In February 1902, the town that had sprung up around the trading post and changed its name to Mountain Park. Fires destroyed most of the wood-frame buildings along Main Street in 1906 and 1908. The town rebuilt with all brick structures. According to Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the Oklahoma City and Western Railroad offered Mountain Park resident Sol Bracken six thousand dollars for a tract on which to build a station. Bracken refused the offer as insufficient and demanded more money. Instead, company officials rerouted their railroad through the town of Snyder, two miles south of Mountain Park. As a result, 41 of the 47 businesses in Mountain Park promptly moved to Snyder.

Geography

Mountain Park is located south of Hobart, east of Altus and west of Lawton. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• SNYDER ES
  Middle · Snyder · 172 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• JOHN D MOELLER ES
  Elementary · Mt. Park · 140 students · 20:1 ratio
• SNYDER HS
  High · Snyder · 133 students · 13.3:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2025-07-30
  3 km SSW of Chickasha, Oklahoma
• M 2.76 — 2022-11-10
  1 km ESE of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
• M 2.83 — 2020-08-21
  6 km WSW of Apache, Oklahoma
• M 2.62 — 2020-04-02
  7 km NNE of Geronimo, Oklahoma
• M 2.5 — 2005-05-19
  11 km NNE of Hastings, Oklahoma
• M 3.8 — 2002-02-08
  8 km SW of Elgin, Oklahoma