Near Kingfisher in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Rural Electrification

Photographed by James Hulse, September 15, 2025

1. Rural Electrification Marker

Inscription. This area was first in Oklahoma to receive central station electric power from a rural electric cooperative. Cimarron Electric Cooperative (incorporated Consumers Rural Electric Company on Dec. 23, 1936) energized Oklahoma's first electric cooperative meter at the nearby home of Earl Harrison on Dec. 24, 1937.

Erected 1985 by Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is December 23, 1937.

Location. 35° 53.661′ N, 97° 56.019′ W. Marker is near Kingfisher, Oklahoma, in Kingfisher County. It is on U.S. 81 0.2 miles south of County Road E 770, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located in front of the Cimarron Electric Cooperative Service Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 19306 US-81, Kingfisher OK 73750, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Oklahoma — Frontier Country.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it

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is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and Cherokee Outlet.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kingfisher (approx. 2.1 miles away); Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (approx. 2.1 miles away); Peoples National Bank (approx. 2.1 miles away); "Apostle Paul Sykes" / Lt. Keith Lowry (approx. 2.2 miles away); T.G. & Y. (approx. 2.2 miles away); First Drug Store in Oklahoma (approx. 2.2 miles away); Pappe Building Grand Opera House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Bracken Building Downtown Hospital (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kingfisher.

Photographed by James Hulse, September 15, 2025

2. Rural Electrification Marker

The view of the marker in front of the Cimarron Electric Cooperative Service Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, September 15, 2025

3. The view of the marker in front of the Cimarron Electric Cooperative Service Center

Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 19, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.