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Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ponca City (Pawnee: ''Riihitawiruʾ, Riíhitawiru, Riihitáwiru'') is a city in Kay and is partly in Osage counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, which was named after the Ponca Tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census.
==History==
Ponca City was created in 1893 as New Ponca after the United States opened the Cherokee Outlet for European-American settlement during the Cherokee Strip land run, the largest land run in United States history. The site for Ponca City was selected for its proximity to the Arkansas River and the presence of a fresh water spring near the river. The city was laid out by Burton Barnes, who drew up the first survey of the city and sold certificates for the lots he had surveyed. After the drawing for lots in the city was completed, Barnes was elected the city's first mayor.〔Louis Seymour Barnes, ("The Founding of Ponca City" ), ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' 35 (Summer 1957).〕
Another city, Cross, vied with Ponca City to become the leading city in the area. After the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had opened a station in Cross, people thought it would not open another in Ponca City because of the two cities' proximity.〔 New Ponca boosters eventually secured a station after offering the Santa Fe station agent two town lots and the free relocation of his house from Cross.〔Paula Carmack Denson, ("Ponca City" ), ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', retrieved March 6, 2015〕 Ponca City reportedly obtained its first boxcar station by some Ponca City supporters going to Cross and returning with the town's station pulled behind them.〔 Cross eventually became defunct. In 1913 New Ponca changed its name to Ponca City.〔
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