Geary is a city in Blaine and Canadian counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 994 at the 2020 census. The town was named for Edmund Guerrier, a scout and an interpreter for the U.S. Army. On October 31, 2024 the entire Geary Police Department resigned. Police Chief Alicia Ford along with three other officers. On the same day two members of the City Council members resigned as well.
History
The area occupied by the present city of Geary was previously part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation until it was opened in April, 1892 for settlement by non-Indians. Shuffle Huff and his son, William, filed several land claims in the area and sold two quarter sections to a land development company. A community was begun about northwest of its present location. Settlers moved the town to the present site to be located on the proposed route of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad line that was to be built west from El Reno. Quickly becoming a trade center for the agricultural area that surrounded it, Geary was established as a "first-class city" in Oklahoma Territory in 1902. The population had grown to 2,561 in that year. That number declined to 1,565 by the time of statehood in 1907.
Geography
Geary is located in southern Blaine County and northwestern Canadian County. The city limits extend southeast along U.S. Route 281 from the center of town to Exit 108 on Interstate 40. From this point it is east to downtown Oklahoma City. U.S. Route 270 leads east from Geary to Calumet. U.S. 281 and 270 together lead northwest to Watonga.
According to the United States Census Bureau, as of 2010 the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, is water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Geary had a population of 994, a median age of 38.6 years, 26.3% of residents under the age of 18, and 16.3% of residents 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.6 males.
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 408 households in Geary, of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 36.0% were married-couple households, 23.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 60.3%
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| Black or African American || 1.4%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 19.8%
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| Asian || 0.1%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0%
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| Some other race || 4.3%
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| Two or more races || 14.1%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 11.4%
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2000 census
As of the census
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Education
The Blane County portion, which includes part of the townsite, is in the Geary Public Schools<!--Census code UNI 12570--> school district. The remainder of the townsite, in Canadian County, is also in Geary Public Schools. Some city territory in Canadian County along U.S. Route 281 extends into the Hinton Public Schools<!--UNI 14610--> school district and the Maple Public School<!--ELM 18900--> school district.
Notable people
- Shon Gables, an evening news anchor with WANF in Atlanta.
- Edmund Guerrier, scout, guide, interpreter, mixed blood Cheyenne, and Sand Creek massacre survivor (1840–1921) after whom the city was named.