About the OKC Area

Some of the things we love about our city …

  • Oklahoma City is the largest city in OK with metro population of more than 1.4 million

  • In land area, OKC is 8th largest metro in the nation

  • OKC state capitol is the only capital in the nation to have help a working oil well on it’s ground with the petunia #1 rig operating until 2021

  • OKC is the Horse Show Capital of the World

  • The National Stockyards is the worlds largest feeder and stocker cattle market located in Stockyard City

  • OKC is home to the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Site for Canoe/Kayak located in the Boathouse District; also the nations only urban whitewater rafting and kayaking center.

The Modern Frontier is within a day’s drive of many major areas:

  • 162 miles south of Wichita 

  • 205 miles north of Dallas 

  • 339 miles west of Little Rock 

  • 347 miles northeast of Lubbock 

  • 353 miles southwest of Kansas City 

  • 445 miles northwest of Houston 

  • 470 miles west of Memphis 

  • 501 miles southwest of St. Louis 

  • 680 miles southeast of Denver

  • OKC was settled by the historic Land Run of April 22, 1889; population grew to more than 10,000 in a single day 

  • Celebrities from OKC: James Garner, Gayla Peevey, Megan Mullally, Hinder, Terry Manning, Blake Giffin, Vince Gill, James Marsden, Charlie Christian, Lou Antonio 

  • Top Employers: State of Oklahoma, Tinker Air Force Base, OU Norman Campus, and Paycom

  • Home to Rocklahoma, an annual rock festival

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