Editing Enid, Oklahoma (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Enid Garfield Furniture.jpg|thumb|Garfield Furniture is housed in what used to be the Grand Hotel, where [[Finis L. Bates|David E. George]], who claimed to be [[John Wilkes Booth]], committed suicide in 1903.]]
In 2019, the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce ranked Enid as "The best Oklahoma city in which to live."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enidbuzz.com/enid-picked-as-the-best-city-to-live-in/|title=Enid Picked As The Best City To Live In|date=20 June 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref>

Enid was ranked the 28th best place in the US to raise a family in a 1998 ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' poll.<ref>"The Best Places to Raise a Family", ''Reader Digest'', April 1998</ref> and in the March 2004 issue of ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]'' listed as one of the top 25 small cities in the US for doing business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/top25.html |title=Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America, Starting a Business Article |publisher=Inc. Article |date=2004-03-01 |access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref> ''Good Morning America'' listed Enid as one of its top five up and coming areas in a January 2006 episode.<ref name="GMA">Corcoran, Barbara, "[https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1493575 Five Hot Real Estate Markets]", ''Good Morning America'', ABC News, January 11, 2006</ref>
Hollywood has come to Enid, shooting scenes from ''[[Dillinger (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'' in front of the [[Mark Price Arena]] and the Grand Saloon, the 1955 short film ''Holiday for Bands'' features Enid's Tri-State Music Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enidnews.com/progress2008/x518687559/Resting-on-its-laurels |title=Resting on its laurels » Oklahomans in Action » The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, OK |date=18 April 2008 |publisher=Enidnews.com |access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref> and portions of the film ''[[The Killer Inside Me]]'' were filmed in Enid's [[Enid Downtown Historic District|downtown square]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enidnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_183000951.html |title=Residents get once-in-a-lifetime look at film star in downtown Enid » Local news » The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, OK |publisher=Enidnews.com |date=2009-07-01 |access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref> The 2018 film ''[[Wildlife (film)|Wildlife]]'' was also partially filmed in Enid.<ref name=ENEWildlife>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enidnews.com/community/wildlife-film-shot-largely-in-enid-opens-friday/article_2871c9aa-3ba1-5479-83a1-62093d32e88a.html|title='Wildlife,' film shot largely in Enid, opens Friday|first=Mitchell Willetts &#124; Enid News &|last=Eagle|website=Enidnews.com|date=8 November 2018 }}</ref>

According to television, Enid has been the site of hauntings and exorcisms as<ref name=Ghostlab>''[[Ghost Lab]]'' Episode 6</ref>  ''[[Ghost Lab]]'' featured Enid as part of an investigation of sites claimed to be haunted by [[John Wilkes Booth]], and ''[[A Current Affair (U.S. TV series)|A Current Affair]]'' in a segment on expensive religious exorcisms.

Enid is also mentioned in passing in a few popular novels and films. In chapter 12 of ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', Enid is one of the towns that feeds into Route 66 from the north via [[U.S. Route 64|Route 64]].<ref name=Steinbeck>Steinbeck, John, ''The Grapes of Wrath'', Penguin Books, New York, New York, p. 151.</ref>

In the CBS series ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'',<ref name="bang">''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' (Season 3, Episode 13)</ref> character [[Sheldon Cooper]] contemplates moving to Enid because of its "low crime rate" and "high speed internet" service, but decides against it because the city lacks a model railroad store.'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cucirca.com/2010/01/19/the-big-bang-theory-season-3-episode-13-the-bozeman-reaction/ |title=The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 13 The Bozeman Reaction |access-date=2012-05-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121052400/http://www.cucirca.com/2010/01/19/the-big-bang-theory-season-3-episode-13-the-bozeman-reaction/ |archive-date=2013-01-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the FX series ''[[The Americans]]'' FBI agent Stan Beeman plans to relocate a family of Soviet defectors to Enid.<ref name="Americans">[[The Americans]] Season 6, Episode 5</ref>