Editing Geary, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The area occupied by the present city of Geary was previously part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation until it was opened in April, 1892 for settlement by non-Indians. Shuffle Huff and his son, William, filed several land claims in the area and sold two quarter sections to a land development company. A community was begun about {{convert|1.5|miles|km}} northwest of its present location. Settlers moved the town to the present site to be located on the proposed route of the [[Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad]] line that was to be built west from El Reno.<ref name="EOHC-Geary"/>

Edmund Guerriere, of French - Cheyenne ancestry and a former Army scout and interpreter, had acquired a land allotment about {{convert|3|miles|km}} northeast of the town. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the town name was spelled "Geary" because the settlers had difficulty spelling and pronouncing the original name. The Geary post office was established October 12, 1892.<ref name="EOHC-Geary"/>

In the 1901-1902 timeframe, the town became the starting point for a second railway, the [[Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad#Choctaw Northern Railroad|Choctaw Northern Railroad]], which ran north all the way to [[Anthony, Kansas]].<ref name=RailroadsCN>{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/70291 |title=Choctaw Northern Railroad Company|publisher=Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978 (accessed on Oklahoma Digital Prairie), pp. 42-44|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Annual>{{cite web|url= https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/commercial-financial-chronicle-1339/january-25-1902-536280|title= Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company Annual Report  |publisher=Commercial and Financial Chronicle, January 25, 1902, p.214 (accessed on the Federal Reserve website)|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.frrandp.com/2018/09/railroads-forgot-anthony-ks.html |title=Anthony, Kansas: The Town Forgotten By The Railroads|publisher=Forgotten Railways, Roads & Places, September 7, 2018|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref>  Quickly becoming a trade center for the agricultural area that surrounded it, Geary was established as a "first-class city" in Oklahoma Territory in 1902. The population had grown to 2,561 in that year. That number declined to 1,565 by the time of statehood in 1907.<ref name="EOHC-Geary"/>

In October 2024, prior to the end of the month, three city council positions were filled, with the fourth seat not being occupied. October 31, 2024, all of the municipal police officers resigned at the same time, as did two members of the city council.<ref name=Holpuchcops>{{cite web|last=Holpuch|first=Amanda|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/us/police-department-resigns-oklahoma.html|title=Entire City Police Force in Oklahoma Quits as 2 Council Members Also Resign|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2024-11-03|access-date=2024-11-04 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>