Grand, Oklahoma

Today's community of Grand was the one-time county seat of Ellis County, Oklahoma. First established as Ioland to be the county seat of "E" County (later Day County). When the Cheyenne Arapaho reserve was opened, it was moved across the Canadian River and renamed Grand. According to George Shirk, its namesake was Grandfield Alcorn, the son of Robert Alcorn, county judge.[1]

Grand was the county seat of old Day County

When Day County was extinguished at statehood, Grand found itself in Ellis County, and was the county seat until August 26, 1908. The Ellis County courthouse moved to Arnett. The Grand post office existed from November 4, 1892, until September 30, 1943.[1] Only the footings of the courthouse and the vault that once held the Day county records remain visible at the site.

Grand contained a cemetery and a post office; the cemetery is located at 36.01305°N 99.81801°W / 36.01305; -99.81801.[2][3]

Grand was the birthplace of western musician Spade Cooley in 1910.[4]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as the Grand Town Site.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 Accessed March 1, 2020.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Cemetery
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Post Office (historical)
  4. "Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley (1910-1969)". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. ([email protected]), K. Latham, Blog Oklahoma. "Exploring Oklahoma History / Grand". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. "Day County - The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  • Wright, Muriel H., George H. Shirk, Kenny A. Franks. Mark of Heritage. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1976.
  • Wright, Muriel H. "Old Day County Oklahoma Territory". Chronicles of Oklahoma 13:2 (June 1935) 219. (accessed February 15, 2007)
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