Editing Warr Acres, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The Warr Acres housing addition and Warr Acres Second Addition was developed in 1937 by Clyde B. Warr.<ref name="warracrespedia"/> An addition that would later form part of the city of Warr Acres, Putnam City was developed by state lawmaker Israel Putnam in 1909.<ref name="warracrespedia"/>

The city formed when the residents of 11 additions, including Putnam City, petitioned to incorporate in February 1948.<ref name="warracrespedia">Everett, Dianna, "[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WA025 Warr Acres]," ''[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/encyclopediaonline Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture]'' (accessed March 5, 2015).</ref> The city of [[Bethany, Oklahoma|Bethany]] filed suit, but lost in an [[Oklahoma Supreme Court]] decision.<ref name="warracrespedia"/>

Warr Acres was a racially segregated community that used restrictive covenants and extra-legal means to prevent African-Americans from owning properties from its founding through the 1960's.<ref>Williams, Payton [https://www.swoknews.com/styles/a-forgotten-oklahoma-story-gets-retold/article_e0d27bde-1171-559e-ac56-e53847981b4c.html "A forgotten Oklahoma story gets retold" ''The Lawton Constitution'' (Aug. 16, 2022)] (accessed May 22, 2024)</ref><ref>Janda, Sara Eppler ''The list is Herland: Gendered activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s)'' (Vol. 1)(2021)</ref><ref>Coleman ''Spoke: A mother, a son, civil rights, Vietnam'' (2022)</ref>

Shopping districts appeared along MacArthur Avenue in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="warracrespedia"/> By 1979, the town had grown to three square miles after annexing several residential developments.<ref name="warracrespedia"/>