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Welcome to the Burkburnett Home page. The Burkburnett Home page provides as much information as possible on Burkburnett. Knowing Burkburnett’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Burkburnett’s Home page, you will also find Burkburnett’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Burkburnett has a population of 11241. 45.9% of Burkburnett’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.1 are female. 55.2% of Burkburnett is married and 64.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $101,531, and the average rent is $776. Household median income in Burkburnett is $49,782, and the individual median income is $25,758. Burkburnett’s Ethnic is the following: White(89.4%), Hispanic(10.4%), Multiple(4.5%), Black(2.9%), Other(1.2%), Native(1.1%), Asian(0.7%), Pacific(0.3%).


Originally settled by ranchers as early as 1856, this community was known by some locals as Nesterville. By 1880, the town had a small store with a population of 132. From 1882 until 1903, a post office operated there under the designation Gilbert, named after the North Texas pioneer Mabel Gilbert. In 1906, a nearby wealthy rancher named Samuel Burk Burnett sold more than 16,000 acres (65 km2) of his land in northern Wichita County to a group of investors who were seeking to extend into the wheat-growing area of Western Oklahoma the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway, one of the Frank Kell/Joseph A.


Kemp properties based in Wichita Falls.Within Burnett's former land near the railroad, lots were auctioned off the following year and a post office was established. The town was named Burkburnett by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, who visited the area for a wolf hunt that was hosted by the wealthy rancher Burnett.


In 1912, oil was discovered west of the town, attracting thousands to the area, and by 1918, about 20,000 people had settled around the oilfield. This part of the town's history was chronicled in the film, Boom Town with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy. The Great Depression had a negative impact on the town's population, which was boosted again in 1941 as Sheppard Air Force Base was established nearby.


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