Midwest City is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 54,088 at the 2000 census, making it the seventh largest city in the state.
Midwest City is a city of 25 square miles (65 km) whose southern border is Tinker Air Force Base.
Midwest City was founded by W.P. Atkinson in 1941 when he heard speculation that an air field was going to be built in the area. Atkinson,...
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Midwest City is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 54,088 at the 2000 census, making it the seventh largest city in the state.
Midwest City is a city of 25 square miles (65 km) whose southern border is Tinker Air Force Base.
Midwest City was founded by W.P. Atkinson in 1941 when he heard speculation that an air field was going to be built in the area. Atkinson, along with others, initially planned Midwest City as a one-square-mile development. The air field, when built, was called the "Midwest Air Depot" and was later renamed in honor of Major General Clarence L. Tinker of Pawhuska, Okla. General Tinker lost his life while leading a flight of LB-30 "Liberators" on a long-range strike against Japanese forces on Wake Island during the early months of World War II.
The economy of Midwest City prospered and continued to surge until the early 1980s when the oil bust of 1983 occurred. The bust was a...
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