Tag: Glenpool
Glenpool is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area (TMSA). As of 2010, the population was 10,808. This was an increase of 33.1% since the 2000 census, which reported total population as 8,123.
Glenpool is located at 35°56′58″N 96°0′8″W / 35.94944°N 96.00222°W / 35.94944; -96.00222 (35.949496, -96.002343). This places Glenpool about 15 miles south of downtown Tulsa on U.S. Route 75, a major national north/south artery.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.3 square miles (24 km), all of it land.
On November 22, 1905, wildcatters, Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley (along with, by some accounts, Charles Colcord), drilling for oil on farmland owned by Creek Indian Ida E. Glenn, created the first oil gusher in what would soon be known as the “Glenn Pool”. The discovery set off a boom of growth for the area, bringing in hordes of people: lease buyers, producers, millionaires, laborers…
