Enid, Oklahoma
Enid, Oklahoma | |
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Downtown Enid, 2007 | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nicknames: "Wheat Capital of the United States", "Queen Wheat City of Oklahoma" | |
| Motto: "Purple Martin Capital of Oklahoma" | |
Location in Garfield County and the state of Oklahoma | |
Enid Location in Oklahoma Enid Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°24′2″N 97°52′51″W / 36.40056°N 97.88083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Garfield |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | David Mason |
| • City Manager | Jerald Gilbert |
| Area | |
• City | 74.02 sq mi (191.71 km2) |
| • Land | 73.93 sq mi (191.49 km2) |
| • Water | 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,250 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 51,308 |
| • Density | 694.0/sq mi (267.94/km2) |
| • Metro | 62,846 (US: 384th) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 73701, 73703 |
| Area code | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-23950 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410442 |
| Website | www |
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.