Beggs (Beggs)
Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,321 at the 2010 census. Beggs was named for C.H. Beggs, vice president of the St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway.
Starting as a Frisco railroad stop in 1899, Beggs officially became a town on September 15, 1900, when its post office opened. It originally was a center for hog, cattle, and horse ranches in the area. In 1918, oil was discovered just to the west, and Beggs became an oil boomtown until circa 1926. After that, corn, cotton, pecans, and stock raising became important local industries, but Beggs went into a gradual decline, going from an official population of 2,327 in 1920 to 1,531 in 1930 and 1,107 in 1970. The population has since shown some upward fluctuation, settling at 1,321 as of the 2010 census.
Isparhecher House and Grave is among the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, and is located approximately four miles west of town off State Highway 16 on private land.
Despite its size, Beggs has at least seven churches.
Starting as a Frisco railroad stop in 1899, Beggs officially became a town on September 15, 1900, when its post office opened. It originally was a center for hog, cattle, and horse ranches in the area. In 1918, oil was discovered just to the west, and Beggs became an oil boomtown until circa 1926. After that, corn, cotton, pecans, and stock raising became important local industries, but Beggs went into a gradual decline, going from an official population of 2,327 in 1920 to 1,531 in 1930 and 1,107 in 1970. The population has since shown some upward fluctuation, settling at 1,321 as of the 2010 census.
Isparhecher House and Grave is among the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, and is located approximately four miles west of town off State Highway 16 on private land.
Despite its size, Beggs has at least seven churches.
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