Boise City, Oklahoma

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Boise City, Oklahoma is a small town in the Oklahoma Panhandle known for its historic role as a Dust Bowl community and its location at a major highway crossroads near the borders of several states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 580 ⓘ
climateTypeKöppen BSk ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Cimarron County ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,300 meters ⓘ
approximately 4,300 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 40-07300 ⓘ
founded early 1900s ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1090509 ⓘ
hasBuilding Cimarron County Courthouse ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasFeature central traffic circle with courthouse square ⓘ
hasHistoricRole Dust Bowl-era relief and resettlement programs ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Black Mesa region (northwestern Cimarron County) ⓘ
historicalEvent severely affected by the 1930s Dust Bowl ⓘ
incorporated 1920s ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Cimarron County, Oklahoma ⓘ
knownFor Dust Bowl history ⓘ
location near borders of multiple states ⓘ
locatedIn Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
locatedInCongressionalDistrict Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn U.S. Route 287 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 385 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 412 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 56 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor Boise City Townsite Company (promotional name from French "boisé" meaning "wooded") ⓘ
nearBorderOf Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma–Texas–New Mexico tri-state area ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
partOf High Plains ⓘ
linked to: High Plains region
population fewer than 2,000 inhabitants (early 21st century) ⓘ
postalCode 73933 ⓘ
region Cimarron County High Plains ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma Panhandle

Oklahoma Panhandle tri-state highway crossroads ⓘ
state Oklahoma ⓘ
transportHubFor truck traffic between Texas and Colorado ⓘ
truck traffic between Texas and Kansas ⓘ
truck traffic between Texas and New Mexico ⓘ

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U.S. Route 287 → passesThrough → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas–Oklahoma state line → hasBorderPoint → Boise City, Oklahoma vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Boise City, Oklahoma
Cimarron County, Oklahoma → countySeat → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ
Cimarron County, Oklahoma → largestCity → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ
Vera Miles → placeOfBirth → Boise City, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
linked to: Boise City, Oklahoma
Kenton, Oklahoma → nearestLargerTown → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ
Cimarrón River → flowsNear → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ
U.S. Route 56 → connectsCity → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ
U.S. Route 412 → passesNear → Boise City, Oklahoma ⓘ