Editing Byng, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The beginnings of the town of Byng were established in 1917 with the building of a post office and power plant (about five miles north of [[Ada, Oklahoma|Ada]]).  The post office and power plant were named to honor the World War I exploits of British General [[Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy|Julian Byng]] who commanded the Canadian Corps and was later [[Governor General of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/oka/pontotoc/countyhistory.html|publisher=|accessdate=June 1, 2015|title=Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Town History}}</ref>  The town was not formally formed until 1922 when the remains of two other communities were merged into Byng. Tyrola, about a mile north of Byng, was almost wiped out by a flooding of the [[South Canadian River]] in 1914.  New Bethel, also approximately a mile north of present-day Byng, but lying east of Tyrola, had also been formed.  The school at New Bethel and the school at Tyrola were combined to create New Bethel Consolidated Number 3 in 1925, and the name was changed to Byng in 1929.  The town incorporated in 1972.<ref>Milligan, Dorothy. - "BYNG". - Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. - Oklahoma Historical Society.</ref>