Editing Beggs, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Starting as a [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway|Frisco]] railroad stop in 1899, Beggs officially became a town on September 15, 1900, when its post office opened.<ref name="davidson">Davidson, Ruth. [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=BE010 "Beggs,"] ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed February 17, 2016.</ref> It originally was a center for hog, cattle, and horse ranches in the area.<ref name="davidson"/> In 1918, oil was discovered just to the west, and Beggs became an oil boomtown until ''circa'' 1926.<ref name="davidson"/> After that, corn, cotton, pecans, and stock raising became important local industries, but Beggs went into a gradual decline, going from an official population of 2,327 in 1920 to 1,531 in 1930 and 1,107 in 1970.<ref name="davidson"/> The population has since shown some upward fluctuation, settling at 1,179 as of the 2020 Census.<ref name="Beggs city, Oklahoma"/>

[[Isparhecher#Isparhecher House and Grave|Isparhecher House and Grave]] is among the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma]], and is located approximately four miles west of town off [[Oklahoma State Highway 16|State Highway 16]] on private land.

Despite its size, Beggs has at least seven churches.{{efn| Churches include: [https://www.crossroadsbaptistbeggs.org/  Crossroads Baptist Church] at 6962 Happy Camp Rd; [https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Religious-Organization/First-Baptist-Church-South-108570140820020/ First Baptist Church South] at 8150 Highway 16; [https://www.facebook.com/firstchurchbeggs/ First United Methodist Church] at 506 N Broadway; [http://www.beggsfirst.com/  Beggs First Assembly of God] at the corner of 400 East Main at Cherokee street; [https://www.facebook.com/BeggsFirstApostolicChurch/  First Apostolic Church] at 302 West 3rd Street; [https://beggschurchofchrist.org/  Church of Christ] at Fifth & Osage; and, [https://www.faithstreet.com/church/handy-chapel-a-dot-m-e-church-beggs-ok Handy Chapel A.M.E. Church] at E 1st St & S Broadway St.}}