Editing Braman, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Braman was named for railroad developer Dwight Braman, when its post office was first established on April 22, 1898. In that year, the [[Blackwell and Southern Railway#Kansas and Southeastern Railroad|Kansas and Southeastern Railroad]]—which was bought by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad]] (AT&SF) in 1899—built a track from [[Hunnewell, Kansas]] to Braman. The following year, the [[Blackwell and Southern Railway]]—which was bought by the AT&SF in 1900—continued the line south through [[Blackwell, Oklahoma|Blackwell]] to [[Tonkawa, Oklahoma|Tonkawa]].<ref name=Railroads1>{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/70278  |title= The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company  |publisher= Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978, pp. 29-38 (accessed on Oklahoma Digital Prairie)  |accessdate= March 24, 2023}}</ref>  Meanwhile the town, located {{convert|5|mi|km}} inside the Kansas-Oklahoma state line, officially incorporated on January 9, 1899. There were 249 residents in 1900, growing to 300 by statehood in 1907.<ref name="EOHC-Braman">Johnston, Jerry. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.{{cite web |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BR004.html |title=Braman |accessdate=August 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105075238/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BR004.html |archivedate=January 5, 2009 }}</ref>

In 1920, the population was 396 and the local economy was largely based on wheat farming. Oil was discovered nearby during the 1920s, briefly attracting a peak population of nearly five thousand, but the population dropped quickly to 507 in 1930.  This was the highest number ever recorded in the census for Braman. It has remained an agricultural center since then.<ref name="EOHC-Braman"/>