30-498: The Owasso Reporter is a weekly newspaper in Owasso, Oklahoma . Founded in 1964, it is published every Wednesday by Tulsa World Media Company, a Berkshire Hathaway Media Group company. This Oklahoma -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Owasso, Oklahoma Owasso is a city in Rogers and Tulsa Counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma , and
60-606: A blacksmith shop , and a general store were in the Elm Creek settlement. Preston Ballard, the owner of the general store, established a post office in the general store on February 10, 1898, and was appointed the first postmaster . The Joseph T. Barnes family moved to the settlement in 1897. Joseph and Luther Barnes bought the blacksmith shop in 1898. The first filling station was opened in 1902 by Donovan Ranta. In 1897, Kansas, Oklahoma Central & Southwestern Railway acquired right-of-way about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of
90-554: A metropolitan borough but the wider metro area may also have a county or regional combined authority . London , the largest city, is the original model for this in the UK: almost all of the metropolitan area (known as Greater London ) is governed by the Greater London Authority . However, as a regional administration its powers are limited, and the 32 boroughs plus the ancient City of London contained within it are responsible for
120-448: A royal prerogative . In smaller cities, such as Wells (pop. approx. 10,000) or Gloucester (pop. approx. 100,000), the boundary will be that governed by the city council , though in certain cases such as Carlisle , this may include large rural and even uninhabited areas which are largely distinct from the main settlement. In the case of larger cities, such as Birmingham (pop. approx. 1,000,000), local government will be administered by
150-418: A city by one county may not be spent in another part of the city outside that county.) Where a city merges its government with that of its county to become a consolidated city-county , the city limit is usually considered to be expanded to occupy all of the previously unincorporated area of the county, while other existing municipalities continue to exist but are permanently locked into their city's limit without
180-463: A city chooses to have its own emergency services , they generally only operate within the city's limit, except for mutual aid (typically among fire departments ) in case of disaster . Telephone companies also must keep track of changing a city's limit to ensure that calls to 9-1-1 are routed to the appropriate public-safety answering point , if the city operates a PSAP separate from the county. Calls from mobile phones are usually routed based on
210-544: A city limit is subject to city taxation and city regulation , and expects city services . Areas outside any city's limit are considered to be unincorporated , and in most U.S. states they are by default regulated and taxed by the county . In others, areas outside a city's limit fall within another type of local government , such as the civil township (a division of a county). Cities and towns may have extraterritorial jurisdiction beyond their limits, typically for zoning purposes. The distance this extends varies based on
240-437: Is $ 66,897. The per capita income for the city is $ 30,465. About 6.8% of the population is below the poverty line . Of the city's population over the age of 25, 33.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Owasso became a bedroom community in the 1950s for Tulsa, which was only 12 miles (19 km) away. As Tulsa expanded, so did the industry around Owasso, stimulating further growth. Industrial development proceeded through
270-400: Is 76.6% White , 4.7% Black , 5.8% Native American , 2.5% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , and 8.0% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race are 5.4% of the population. The average household size is 2.81. In the city, the population is distributed as 37.6% under the age of 18 and 11.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in the city
300-566: Is generally determined by green belt laws, which prevent building on the countryside surrounding large and medium-sized towns and cities. In the United States , such limits are usually formally described in a state, provincial, or territorial law (or an appropriate regulation) as being under the control of the municipal corporation or agency that constitutes the city government . It is customary to indicate city limits with signs on freeways , highways , and arterial roads . Property within
330-532: The Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, near what is now 66th Street North and North 129th East Avenue. It was called Elm Creek and was named for Elm Creek, a tributary of Bird Creek . The first settler was H.T. (Tole) Richardson. In June 1893, plans began for a rail line to be extended south from Bartlesville to the cattle ranches in the vicinity of Bird Creek. At that time, already several residences,
SECTION 10
#1733085195492360-686: The Owasso Progress , are both published weekly. Until 2015, the Reporter was owned by Community Publishers, a newspaper and Internet publisher and commercial printer that serves Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas. On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the Tulsa World announced that its parent company BH Media , a division of Berkshire Hathaway , the Omaha -based investment holding company led by billionaire Warren Buffett , had purchased several suburban newspapers, including
390-465: The Owasso Reporter . The Progress is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings . Town limits City limits or city boundaries refer to the defined boundary or border of a city . The area within the city limit can be called the city proper . Town limit/boundary and village limit/boundary apply to towns and villages . Similarly, corporate limit is a legal name that refers to
420-453: The USPS even considers some places to be "unacceptable" for use on mail. (For example, parts of Sandy Springs within its city limit but outside 30328 must use " Atlanta, GA " instead.) School districts and other special-purpose districts may be overlaid on cities, or cities may choose to have their own — however, these are often under other authorities. A Town's limit was often a radius from
450-401: The humid subtropical variety ( Köppen Cfa ) with a yearly average temperature of 60 °F (16 °C) and average precipitation of 39.5 inches (1,000 mm). As of the census estimate of 2021, 38,732 people, 10,689 households , and 13,477 families are residing in the city. The population density is 2,259.5 people per square mile (5,852.08/km ). The racial makeup of the city
480-560: The 1980s and 1990s. Factories included American Airlines , with 9,000 employees, Nordam Group , with 700, Whirlpool , with 1,000 and MCI WorldCom with 2,200. Owasso is served by the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad , which links to Tulsa, the Port of Catoosa , and points north. Owasso has a council-manager form of government . Owasso's newspapers , the Owasso Reporter and
510-489: The Elm Creek settlement, dammed a natural spring to form a lake as a water supply for the rail line, and built a depot about a mile south of the lake. The depot was torn down in 1942. Late in 1898, Joseph and Luther Barnes moved their blacksmith shop to the new community. The shop became a temporary home for the Joseph Barnes family. It was the first residence officially moved to the new depot community. In 1898, many of
540-485: The boundary of municipal corporations . In some countries, the limit of a municipality may be expanded through annexation . In the UK , city boundaries are more difficult to define, and the specific concept of a city boundary as opposed to e.g. a town or borough boundary, is less useful: British cities are defined as any town or local authority area, regardless of area or population size, that has been granted letters patent as
570-576: The county, as a unit of state government , also has certain powers and responsibilities even within the limits of its cities, including the sheriff that performs evictions , runs the county jail that all city and county police departments take arrested persons to, and guards the courthouse for the county's state court even though it is usually within the city limit of the county seat . Elections and health departments are also common county responsibilities which include all cities. (City residents still pay some county taxes for these reasons.) If
600-428: The first water tower was erected in 1924, with Spavinaw as the water source, water came into town in barrels from Owasso Lake and sold for $ 0.50 a barrel. Owasso was incorporated as a city on September 28, 1972. Owasso came to its significant attention on February 8th, 2024, when 16-year-old Nex Benedict was found dead after getting into a fight at a school. Owasso is a northern suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in
630-498: The land around the end of this railroad developed, the Osage Indian word Owasso, meaning "the end of the trail" or "turn around", was adopted to identify the area because the rail line ended in a turnaround "Y" near the depot. The name of the Elm Creek post office was officially changed to Owasso on January 24, 1900. The rail line was not extended into Tulsa until 1905. A plat of the original townsite of Owasso, Cherokee Nation, I.T.
SECTION 20
#1733085195492660-527: The largest northern suburb of Tulsa . The population was 39,328 persons as of the 2022 census estimate, compared to 28,915 at the 2010 census , a gain of 36 percent. Originally settled in 1881 in Indian Territory , the town was incorporated in 1904 just before Oklahoma statehood and was chartered as a city in 1972. Owasso began as a settlement in 1881, located in the Cooweescoowee District of
690-506: The location of the base station rather than the calling party , so these (along with landline calls to non- emergency telephone numbers ) must be handled manually by the telephone operator or dispatcher , determining whether the caller or incident is within a particular city limit or not so that the proper authorities may be sent. A city's limit may extend into more than one county, which can complicate certain matters of policing and taxation. (For example, sales tax revenue collected in
720-573: The majority of services. Although British city (or borough) boundaries are often important for defining local services such as refuse collection and planning (zoning), in most places they form a low level of local government. Law enforcement, education and other services are generally defined by county boundaries (or larger areas), and central government is responsible for the National Health Service ( NHS Scotland or NHS Wales outside of England). Planning (zoning) law around British cities
750-540: The northeastern corner of Oklahoma known as " Green Country " for its vegetation , hills , woods, and lakes, in contrast to the drier Great Plains region of central and western Oklahoma . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 16.31 square miles (42.2 km ), 99.1% of which is land , the remainder water . Owasso lies in Tornado Alley and has a temperate climate of
780-426: The population or area of the city, or which "class" it is considered to be under state law. Home rule within a city's limit is usually exercised by the mayor ( executive branch ) and city council ( legislative branch ). Home rule outside the city's limit is usually exercised by the county commission (which is often both legislative and executive), or the township's board of supervisors . Even without home rule,
810-510: The possibility of annexation (except possibly into a neighboring county). An independent city 's limit separates it from being in any county at all. Similarly, cities and towns may or may not be considered part of the township[s] they are in. City limits or boundaries in California are regulated by Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCO). City, town, and village limits are not usually coterminous with post office locations or ZIP codes , and
840-509: The residents and businesses moved from the Elm Creek settlement to the new community. Preston Ballard moved his post office and general store during that time. The new community became known as Elm Creek since the post office retained its name. The railroad completed its line in 1899. Its parent company, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, took over the line and property. The first train came into Elm Creek on November 1, 1899. As
870-417: The time Oklahoma became a state on November 16, 1907, Owasso had a population of 379 within the town limits . The first newspaper was The Owasso Ledger which was first published on August 7, 1903, by U. P. Wardrip. The subscription price was $ 1.00 per year, paid in advance. The Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company was granted a franchise on February 6, 1905, for the town's first telephone exchange . Until
900-761: Was signed by the Secretary of the Interior on March 26, 1904, in connection with the town's incorporation. That plat shows three streets running north and south and eight streets running east and west. The north-south streets were named Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri , and the east-west streets north of what is now Broadway were named for Union generals, while the east-west streets to the south were named for Confederate generals . These names were later changed; east-west streets are now identified by street numbers, and north-south streets are now named after trees. The original street names were changed to their present names around 1960. By
#491508