Enid 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.
Southwest
Enid
Garfield County, OK
Population
50,961
Walk Score
68 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$861
Median home value
$136,500
Founded
1893
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Enid Cemetery and Calvary Catholic Cemetery · listed 1996
- Enid Downtown Historic District · listed 2007
- Enid Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2019
- Enid Terminal Grain Elevators Historic District · listed 2009
- Kenwood Historic District · listed 2004
- Waverley Historic District · listed 2006
Notable landmarks
- Babe's Package Store · listed 2017
- Booker T. Washington School · listed 2024
- Briggs, Eugene S., Auditorium · listed 2017
- Broadway Tower · listed 1985
- Champlin, H. H., House · listed 1993
- Cherokee Terrace Apartments · listed 2013
- Clay Hall · listed 2012
- Eason, T. T., Mansion · listed 1987
- Enid Armory · listed 1988
- Enid High School Observatory · listed 2018
- Garfield County Courthouse · listed 1984
- Harrison School · listed 2017
- Jackson School · listed 1989
- Kaufman, H. L., House · listed 1985
- Kisner, Robert R. and Minnie L., House · listed 2015
- Lamerton House · listed 1997
- Liberty Federal Savings and Loan Association Building · listed 2021
- Marshall Hall · listed 2015
- McCristy-Knox Mansion · listed 1987
- Public Library of Enid and Garfield County · listed 2015
- Rock Island Depot · listed 1979
- Santa Fe Freight Depot · listed 2015
- Security National Bank · listed 2017
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