Enid

Also known as Enid, Oklahoma, Enid, OK

city in and county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Oklahoma
County: Garfield
Type: Council-Manager
Mayor: David Mason
City manager: Jerald Gilbert
City: 74.02 sq mi (191.71 km )
Land: 73.93 sq mi (191.49 km )
Water: 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
Elevation: 1,250 ft (380 m)
Density: 694.0/sq mi (267.94/km )
Metro: 62,846 (US: 384th )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( CST )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Zip codes: 73701, 73703
Fips code: 40-23950
Website: www .enid .org

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Enid
Population: 51308
Area: 191.494693
Elevation: 378
Official website: www.enid.org
Image: East on Broadway.JPG
Households: 19356
Dialing code: 580

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Commons category: Enid, Oklahoma
inception: 1893-00-00
P8168: Kiyayu
water as percent of area: 0.112
postal code: 73706
per capita income: 26862

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Enid (/ˈiːnɪd/ EE-nid) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. In the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King. In 1991, the Oklahoma state legislature designated Enid the "purple martin capital of Oklahoma." Enid holds the nickname of "Queen Wheat City" and "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma and the United States for its immense grain storage capacity, and has the third-largest grain storage capacity in the world.

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