Glenpool is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. This is part of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Tulsa (TMSA). By 2010, the population is 10,808. This represents an increase of 33.1% since the 2000 census, which reported a population of 8,123.
Glenpool was famous for its oil discovery in 1905, which led to an economic boom that spurred Tulsa's growth and surroundings. Although the Glenn Pool field, whose name is the city, still produces little oil; the city is now a commuter city for Tulsa.
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History
On November 22, 1905, wildcatters, Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley (along with, by some accounts, Charles Colcord), drilling for oil on a farm owned by Indian Creek Ida E. Glenn, created the first gusher oil in what will soon be is known. as "Glenn Pool". The discovery triggered a growth boom for the area, bringing in mobs: lease buyers, manufacturers, millionaires, laborers, tool suppliers, drunks, swindlers, and journalists. Daily production soon exceeded 120,000 barrels (19,000 m 3 ). The nearby town of Tulsa benefits from production, and Glenpool calls itself the city that makes Tulsa famous.
In 1906, the Glenn settlement, consisting of twelve families, had grown up nearby. That year, the Midland Valley Train extended the path from Jenks. By 1907, nearly 3,000 people had moved to the area, but only about 500 people actually lived in the city in 1910. Many were tapped and a post office opened on 31 January 1908. The new community was renamed Glenpool .
Some time after the discovery, Ida Glenn and her husband, Robert, sold their farm and moved to California.
The population grew to 428 in 1920, but then declined to 280 in 1950. A post-World War II building explosion then pushed the population upward to 353 in 1960. During the 1970s and 1980s, urbanization of Tulsa City reached Glenpool, and the town became the outskirts of the bedrooms. This has grown ever since. In 1970, the population increased to 770, then to 2,706 in 1980.
The annual celebration called "Black Gold Days" is a 3 day family friendly event with food, music, arts and crafts, carnivals and parades. It commemorates the early years of Glenpool's history.
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Geography
Glenpool is located in the northeast corner of Oklahoma, about 15 miles (24 km) south of downtown Tulsa on US Route 75, the main north/south national artery. The city is at the eastern end of the Cross Timbers ecoregion, between the Great Plains and the Ozarks.
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​9.3 square miles (24 km 2 ) and no water.
Glenn Pool Oil Field
Galbreath and Chesley have used their own money to pay for oil drilling rigs, with operators, and rent on the land of Ida Glenn. On November 22, 1905, they had drilled through the Sand Red Sand, the most famous production sand in the area with no striking oil. There is a small stream of natural gas at a depth of 1,450 feet (440 m), so they decide to drill deeper. A few meters down, the rig found a formation known as Bartlesville Sand, where Chesley noticed the first traces of oil on the drill bit. The well began to make a gurgling sound and immediately issued a clear burst over the crane. The well soon produced more than 75 barrels per day of light and sweet crude. Galbreath and Chesley named the well Ida Glenn Number 1. In 1906, Galbreath drilled another well about 300 feet (91 m) from Ida Glenn Number 1. This well is also a producer.
Others rushed to the area to start drilling, and soon determined the extent of the fields. Rental rates and drilling services increased sharply. Less than two percent of wildcat wells fail to produce oil. Some Creek landowners started earning as much as a million dollars a year from royalties on production from their 160 acre plot. According to one source, "... more money generated from the explosion of Oklahoma oil than the California gold invasion and the combined silver fever."
After just one year, the Glenn Pool field has 127 completed wells. Of these, 107 produce oil, 12 only find gas and 11 dry holes. In addition, 24 more wells are in process and 33 locations are being prepared for drilling. In 1907, the field was further controlled by three companies: Texaco, Gulf Oil Company and Prairie Oil and Gas. Galbreath and Chesley are ready to continue. They sold their Glenn Pool ownership to Edgar Crosbie for $ 500,000 and $ 200,000, respectively.
Ida Glenn Well was plugged and abandoned in 1964. Glen Pool Field still produces a relatively small oil flow in the 21st century using waterflood techniques. During his lifetime, the field has produced more than 340 million barrels of oil.
Climate
Glenpool is in Tornado Alley and has a temperate climate of varying subtropical moist (KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ) with an average annual temperature of 60Ã, Â ° F (16Ã, Â ° C).
Demographics
At the 2010 census, there were 10,808 people, 3,723 households, and 2,927 families living in the city. Population density is 1,045.8 people per square mile (337.2/km ²). There are 2,849 housing units with an average density of 306.4 per square mile (118.3/km²). City's racial makeup is 72.6% White, 2.4% African American, 13.2% Native Americans, 0.9% Asia (0.4% Philippines), 0.1% Pacific Island, 2.2% of other races, and 8.6% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin is 5.9% (4.5% Mexico).
There are 3,723 households where 49.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.2% are married couples living together, 14.3% have unmarried female households present, and 18.5% is not family. 15.7% of all households were individual and 3.8% had a living person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.25.
In the city, the population is spread by 33.5% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% years or more. The average age is 30 years. For every 100 women, there are 90.3 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 88.5 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 61,814 and the average income for families is $ 66,578. The per capita income for the city is $ 24,096. About 5.0 of the total population is below the poverty line.
Media
Glenpool has a newspaper, Glenpool Post . This paper is published every Wednesday. It's owned by Publisher Communities, publishers of newspapers and the Internet and commercial printers serving Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas. In 2012, the Glenpool Post is merged with the Jenks Journal and Bixby Bulletin to form the South County Leader with news focusing on Glenpool became a component in the paper. Eventually, South County Leader stopped publishing in 2014.
Sports high school
Glenpool High School (GHS) is classified as a 5A school by OSSAA. Under their current head coach Steve Edwards, Glenpool High School won the 4A Class Country championship in 2002 and 2008. In 2002, Glenpool High School became 14-0. Glenpool won the 2016 state championship at Track and Field along with having a country champion across the country.
See also
- Oklahoma History
- Tulsa Timeline, Oklahoma
- World Oil Capital
References
External links
- Glenpool City
- Glenpool Public School
- "Glenpool," History and Culture Encyclopedia of Oklahoma
- "Glenn Pool Field." The History and Culture Encyclopedia of Oklahoma
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