Editing Cyril, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
On August 25, 1901, Louise (probably called Cyril) Lookingglass, the infant daughter of Bayard (Monapahrah) and Laura (Tit-tah-ter-way) Lookingglass, was allotted {{convert|160|acre|km2}} of land that would become the Cyril townsite. Louise Lookingglass died in 1903. Bayard Lookingglass sold one-half of the allotment to Mr. and Mrs. Pierson on July 26, 1907. The Piersons sold the land to the Cyril Townsite and Development Company on September 10, 1907.<ref name="ReferenceA">Bill and Darlene Patterson, ''A History of Cyril'', June 1976</ref>

Although there is some dispute, the Cyril Station appears to have been named circa 1902 after Bayard and Laura Lookingglasses' daughter when they granted the railroad permission to build a section house next to the railroad stop. Some believed that the town of Cyril was named after the Cyril Station of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad. However a diligent search of all sources including Frisco Railroad, found no supporting evidence.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

The townsite was surveyed, plotted out and dedicated in September 1907. Construction began in early 1908 and by April there were 200 inhabitants, 3 hardware stores, 3 grocery stores, a general tin and pump house, restaurant, rooming house, pool hall, two barber shops, blacksmith shop, lumberyard, feed yard and feed mill.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

The town was the site of an [[oil refinery]] from the early 1920s until it was closed in 1984. During that time, the refinery was operated by [[Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation|Anderson-Prichard Refining]], [[APCO Oil Corporation|APCO]],<ref name=APCO>{{cite web|title=Case Summary: EPA Receives $14 Million for Cleanup Costs at Oklahoma Refining Company Superfund Site|url=https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/case-summary-epa-receives-14-million-cleanup-costs-oklahoma-refining-company-superfund|access-date=December 13, 2019|date=November 1, 2013}}</ref> and later Oklahoma Refining.<ref name=okhistory>{{cite web|last1=Savage|first1=Cynthia|title=Cyril|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CY001|website=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|publisher=www.okhistory.org|access-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref> It was the major economic driver for the town, employing 160 people at the time of closure.<ref name=closure1984>{{cite news|last1=Vandewater|first1=Bob|title=Refinery Closings Blow To 2 Oklahoma Towns|url=http://newsok.com/refinery-closings-blow-to-2-oklahoma-towns/article/2083229/?page=2|access-date=September 23, 2015|work=Daily Oklahoman|date=September 30, 1984}}</ref> An unsuccessful attempt was made in the early 1990s to restart part of the refinery. As of 2010, the refinery had been demolished and the site was a [[Superfund]] environmental cleanup site.<ref name=refinery2010>{{cite news|last1=Branson-Potts|first1=Hailey|title=Loss of refinery at Cyril was hard on workers, community|url=http://newsok.com/loss-of-refinery-at-cyril-was-hard-on-workers-community/article/3497455|access-date=September 23, 2015|work=The Oklahoman|date=October 10, 2010}}</ref>