Follow our YouTube Channel for more great information: https://www.youtube.com/ Lawton was founded August 6, 1901 and serves as the Comanche County Seat. The City is located 85 miles south of the state capital, Oklahoma City, and 20 miles south of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The City is neighbored to the immediate north by Fort Sill, home of the Field Artillery, Air Defense Artillery and the Electronic Warfare Brances. We are proud to host Cameron University, the largest four-year higher education institutions in Southwest Oklahoma and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. Lawton offers a variety of recreational and cultural activities including:
*Lake Lawtonka/LETRA
*McMahon Baseball/Softball Complex
*Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra
*Lawton Community Theater
*numerous play/walking parks
*International Festival
*Arts for All Festival
*Native Sun WaterPark
*Casinos
*Leslie Powell Art Gallery
Museums highlighting:
*Native American Culture
*Southwest Oklahoma/Great Plains heritage
Lawton boasts an excellent school system. Lawton Public Schools consists of 3 Senior High Schools, 4 Middle Schools, 24 Elementary Schools, and the Learning Tree Acadamy for Pre-Kindergarten. In addition, Lawton has Private Schools and is home to the Great Plains Technology Center. The City of Lawton is proud to operate free from discrimination of race, color, religion, s*x, age, national origin, veteran status or qualified disability. We strive to provide efficient, effective and responsive services; promote quality of life based on harmony and cooperation; and create leadership and opportunity for Southwest Oklahoma. Contact information for City Departments can be found here: https://www.lawtonok.gov/publications/col-contact-information
The City of Lawton, founded in 1901, is the largest of 10 cities and towns in Comanche County. It serves as county seat and is the sixth largest city in Oklahoma. At an elevation of 1,150 feet, Lawton is located approximately 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma of Oklahoma City along Interstate 44. Fort Sill, an active U.S. Army installation, is on the city’s north side and a portion of the installation is within city limits as the result of annexation in the 1990s. Comanche County is home to more than 122,000 residents as of 2017, with Lawton accounting for three-fourths of the countywide population – smaller cities and towns including Cache, Chattanooga. Elgin, Faxon, Fletcher, Geronimo, Indiahoma, Medicine Park and Sterling make up the remainder. The broader Lawton metropolitan statistical area comprises both Comanche County and Cotton County to the south. To the northwest of Lawton, popular recreational attractions include the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge and Mount Scott, the region’s most prominent geological feature rising to 2,464 feet. The mean temperature for the Lawton area is 61.5 degrees. The percentage of sunshine in Lawton ranges from an average of about 60 percent in the winter to nearly 80 percent in summer, providing a long growing season of 215 days. The July high is around 95 degrees. Summers are generally warm with 95 days of 90 degrees or higher. The winter months are typically mild with an average low temperature in January of 27 degrees. Annual precipitation ranges from about 30 inches in western Comanche County to 33 inches in the east, slightly less than the U.S. average of 39 inches. Annual snowfall averages 3.6 inches while the average U.S. city gets 26 inches of snow per year. Lawton remains a low cost-of-living city relative to both the nation and Oklahoma. Overall living costs are about 12 percent below the U.S. city average and slightly below both Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Most categories of living costs have declined steadily relative to the nation in recent years. Affordable costs for housing utilities and groceries are the largest contributors to the low overall cost of living in Lawton. The City of Lawton is comprised of more than 50 divisions, which can be read about at lawtonok.gov. We are proud to operate free from discrimination of race, color, religion, s*x, age, national origin, veteran status or qualified disability. The official City of Lawton Social Media Policy for platform visitors can be found here: https://www.lawtonok.gov/policies/council-policy-1-12-social-media-user-policy
Other official City of Lawton pages include:
Lawton Public Library: https://www.facebook.com/lawtonpubliclib/
Lawton Animal Welfare: https://www.facebook.com/LawtonAnimalWelfare/
Lawton Fire Department: https://www.facebook.com/LawtonFire/
Lawton Police Department: https://www.facebook.com/Lawton-Police-Department-482609865104240/
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