Glenpool, Oklahoma

Tulsa County

40-29600

Glenpool is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, in the United States. In the 2000 census, the population was 8,123.

Geography and population

Glenpools coordinates are 35 ° 56 ' 58 "N, 96 ° 0' 8" W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​24.1 km ² (9.3 mi ²). The population is three- quarters of whites, the remaining quarter is made up of African- Americans, Asians, and especially American Indians, which accounts for almost 13 %. The per capita income was 2000 16.868 dollars a year.

History

After the discovery of oil in November 1905 on the land of a Creek Indian, there was a rapid growth of the city. Oil production also grew - 1906 were already 127 holes drilled, of which 107 with oil discoveries - and soon oil per day were up to 52,000 barrels encouraged. The oil field of Glenpool was at this time one of the richest in the United States, it provided more than 300 million in 75 years.

Glenpool consisted initially of a mining settlement of 3,000 people in 1907. In 1908 the town was officially founded and grew rapidly, until the economic crisis of the 1930s ended the growth. Glenpool became a quiet, mostly dominated by agriculture town. Only in the 1970s began a second growth by the influx of citizens from Tulsa, and the population grew from 800 to 2800 to.