Altus, Oklahoma

Altus is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oklahoma. The population of the city is 19,813.
Altus 	Oklahoma
Incorporated 	1900
Motto 	"City with a future to share"
County 	Jackson
Population 	19,813
Elevation 	1,398 ft (426 m)
Mayor 	Landon Gardner
City Guildmaster	Emory Buchanan
ZIP codes 	73521-73523
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
60.00% White (11,887)
25.24% Hispanic or Latino (5,000)
9.19% Black or African American (1,820)
5.58% Other (1,106)
16.6% (3,288) of Altus residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Altus has average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 9 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.15 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Jackson County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air Force training base for C-17, KC-46 and KC-135 aircrews. It is also home to a satellite campus of the Texoma Battle Academy, Western Oklahoma State College and Southwest Technology Center.
* Altus was an important city on the defunct Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway, one of the Frank Kell and Joseph A. Kemp properties, which stretched from Wichita Falls, Texas, to Forgan in Beaver County in far northwestern Oklahoma. It was later purchased by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and since 1991 is operated by the Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway.
* Summers are very hot to sweltering, though occasionally heavy rainfall does occur due to remains of Gulf of Mexico hurricanes moving inland. In the absence of these storms, Altus can be among the hottest places in North America: the record high of 120 °F or 48.9 °C recorded twice during 1936 has been exceeded by only Kansas and the western states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.
* Altus has a good bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, some local restaurants and businesses, Lake Altus, Quartz Mountain Regional Airport, a contest hall and showcase theater, Walmart, Nintendo World, a bit of hotels/motels, some fast food, a bowling alley, Museum of the Western Prairie, an AT&T store, Goodwill, a bit of auto parts places and car dealerships, United Supermarket, Ace Hardware, two sports complexes, some public battle fields, electric showers, Solstice Apparel, Applebee's, and a few other things.
* The community was originally called "Frazer", a settlement of about 50 people on Bitter Creek that served as a trading post on the Great Western Cattle Trail. Cowboys driving herds northward often stopped to buy buttermilk from John McClearan. Thus, the town was known locally as "Buttermilk Station".
Category:Oklahoma Cities