Carter Park, Oklahoma

Carter Park, Oklahoma
Carter Park, Oklahoma
	City
	Location of Cater Park, Oklahoma
	Coordinates: 36°26′46″N 97°27′27″W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Oklahoma County
Settled	1947
Annexed	1954
Founded by	Edward Carter
Named for	Edward Carter
Elevation	1,201 ft (366 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Carter Park was a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States. It was located south of S.E. 15th Street and west of Sunnylane Road, west of Del City.[1] It was annexed in 1954 by Del City.[2]

History

Edward Carter, an Oklahoma City area home builder, purchased land at Southeast Fifteenth Street and Sunny Lane Road in 1947. There he built and later incorporated the city of Carter Park. In 1951 facing possible annexation by Oklahoma City, Del City officials offered to annex the city instead, this offer was turned down, however. Carter Park instead annexed Mansfield addition as an unincorporated housing addition, this doubled the size of Carter Park. Del City continued to persuade Carter Park till 1954 when a merger agreement was reached allowing Del City to absorb Carter Park.[2]

References

Highways of Oklahoma (back side, Oklahoma City inset) (PDF) (Map) (1954 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
Hedglen, Thomas L. Del City Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (accessed January 10, 2011)

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[odot-1954-map-back-1] Highways of Oklahoma (back side, Oklahoma City inset) (PDF) (Map) (1954 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2007-12-08.

[Hedglen-2] Hedglen, Thomas L. Del City Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (accessed January 10, 2011)