Chandler (Oklahoma)

Lincoln County

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Chandler or Chandler City is a town in Lincoln County in the center of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. In Chandler is the county seat of Lincoln County. The city is located in the southern exterior of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, the conurbation around Oklahoma Capital Oklahoma City.

Geography

Chandler is located almost exactly in the geometric center of Lincoln County at the intersection of Interstate 44 and the Oklahoma State Route 18, Interstate 44 passes just south of the city, and as Chandler is about 45 minutes by car from Oklahoma City reached. Chandler is located between Warwick and Davenport almost exactly half way along the famous Route 66, which runs parallel to I-44.

Through the city leads the railway line opened in 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad, which later became a part of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway was. Today, Chandler is no longer served by trains and buses, in addition to the road access is particularly the airfield of Chandler, Chandler Municipal Airport, a major transportation hub for local traffic.

Far northwest of the city's two reservoirs have been built. The resulting by the damming of the Bellcalf Creek 1954 smaller Chandler Lake is about two kilometers long and extends in a north-south direction. The almost twice as large Bell Cow Lake is a little further west and extends in a northwest-southeast direction, he was created by the damming of the Otoe Creek and North Creek Bellcow. Both lakes are in addition to its function for water regulation and supply as a recreation area and a refuge for animals and plants.

Population

At the 2000 census, 2842 inhabitants were counted in 2006, the population had risen to 2872. At the 2000 census, nearly 80 % of the population white, nearly 10% of African- Americans and nearly 6 % were American Indians. The per capita income was 14,676 U.S. dollars, almost 17 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

History

Before the city was founded, the area of the Sauk and Fox Indians inhabited, who had settled here after their expulsion from the area around the St. Lawrence River. The budget for the new town, named after the assistant secretary of the Interior Ministry George Chandler steep hill was not finished yet measured on the date of Oklohama Country Runs in 1891, so that for the urban area, a separate Land Run was held a week later.

The new city was hit hard on March 30, 1897 by a tornado that destroyed nearly Chandler, and thereby demanded 19 dead and many injured. The city was built with better materials and houses of brick and stone again.

The railway line opened in 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad made ​​the transport of commercial goods on a large scale possible. Chandler exported especially cotton and locally made bricks. The city became well known for its exports of pecans, which prompted the government of Oklahoma to declare the city in 1946 to the " world capital of pecan ".

Chandler took only slightly on the oil boom in Oklahoma part and lived mainly from agriculture.

Economy

Main employer in Chandler are the National Insurance American Insurance Company, the dairy of the Hiland Dairy Company, the armory of the National Guard as well as state and federal administrative agencies.

Attractions

• Museum of Pioneer History