1,040 General - First settled in the 1860's by pioneers D. P. McCracken and H. C. Ackers on Gilbert Creek in northeastern Wichita County. It's said town was named for Burk Burnett when President Theodore Roosevelt personally interceded with the Post Office Department. The 1918 Fowler oil discovery turned the struggling farming community into a boom town. The boom's gone and oil pours less freely today. Farming, ranching, and diversified industries provide stability to the economy.
Several parks provide picnic facilities.
Early oil field equipment from height of oil boom includes spudders used for drilling and cleaning out wells, a steel beam pumping unit, and a band-wheel power source. On Gresham Rd. Jun.-Oct. on Sat. 10a.m. and 2p.m. In restored MKT depot on W. Third St. Reservations suggested.