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Ames is a town in southeastern Major County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 239 at the 2010 census. This was a 20.1 percent increase from 199 at the 2000 census.〔( CensusViewer: Ames, Oklahoma Population ) Retrieved May 15, 2015.〕 Ames is best known because it is located within the boundary of a geological structure that is called Ames crater or the Ames Astrobleme. The Ames Astrobleme Museum is located in the town.〔(Barron, Robert. ''Enid News''. "Ames Astrobleme Museum." ) July 29, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2014.〕 ==History== Ames was founded at the opening of the Cherokee Outlet on September 16, 1893. It was initially named Hoyle, for a nearby creek. The Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) constructed a line from Blackwell in Kay County to Darrow in Blaine County, that passed through the community. On January 4, 1902, it was named for Henry S. Ames, a railroad official.〔(Ross Peterson-Veatch, ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Ames." ) Retrieved May 15, 2014.〕 Ames had a population of 278 at the 1920 census and 332 at the 1940 census, its peak population.〔 Oil was discovered within the Ames crater in 1991.〔( American Oil & Gas Historical Society. "Ames Astrobleme Museum." Retrieved May 15, 2014. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ames, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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