Editing Mutual, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
A "Mutual" post office was designated on June 4, 1895. The town was incorporated in 1908. In 1910, the town had two churches, a bank, a feed mill, a machine shop, and a dealer in poultry and dairy products. The town also had a hotel early on.<ref name="eve"/>

The town fared well until the post [[World War I]] agricultural depression and the construction of [[U.S. Route 270 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 270]], meant to bypass the town. The town continued to decline until petroleum exploration and production in the 1970s and 1980s gave it a short boost. Mutual ended the 20th century with a half dozen businesses and 76 residents, some of whom commute to Woodward or [[Seiling, Oklahoma|Seiling]] for work.<ref name="eve"/>