Mutual

History

A "Mutual" post office was designated on June 4, 1895. The town was incorporated in 1908. In 1910, the town had two churches, a bank, a feed mill, a machine shop, and a dealer in poultry and dairy products. The town also had a hotel early on. The town fared well until the post World War I agricultural depression and the construction of U.S. Highway 270, meant to bypass the town. The town continued to decline until petroleum exploration and production in the 1970s and 1980s gave it a short boost. Mutual ended the 20th century with a half dozen businesses and 76 residents, some of whom commute to Woodward or Seiling for work.

Geography

Mutual is located approximately 19 miles southeast of Woodward, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  66
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  56
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  42
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  38
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

  Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  35
• American Kestrel

  Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  34
• Cliff Swallow

  Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  30
• Eastern Meadowlark

  Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  29

Most recent

• M 3.05 — 2026-04-21
  17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
• M 2.57 — 2026-01-17
  9 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma
• M 2.93 — 2025-02-21
  6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma
• M 2.62 — 2024-11-24
  1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma
• M 2.71 — 2024-10-28
  14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
• M 2.62 — 2024-10-28
  14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma